Corsican swallowtail (Papilio hospiton)

Query: Black swallowtail

Result: 62^nd of 64

Subject:	Corsican swallowtail (Papilio hospiton)
Poster:	Wiki Photos (---@---.---)

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Papilio hospiton
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Iconographia Zoologica
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Papilio_hospiton_-_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBAINV0274_003_02_0052.tif

The Corsican swallowtail (Papilio hospiton) is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found only in Corsica and Sardinia in the Mediterranean Sea. Papilio hospiton is similar to Papilio machaon, but the wings are more rounded, and the hindwing is provided with a short tooth instead of a tail. The black colour is more extended and more densely powdered with yellow than in P. machaon.

Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species: Papilio hospiton Gené, 1839

Black swallowtail
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