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southern festoon (Zerynthia polyxena)
Subject: southern festoon (Zerynthia polyxena)
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southern festoon (Zerynthia polyxena)


Français : Le papillon Diane Zerynthia polyxena vu par dessus, photographié à https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellegarde_(Gard), Gard, France, en avril 2006, par Jean-Laurent Hentz

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Zerynthia polyxena, the southern festoon, is a striking butterfly belonging to the family Papilionidae of butterflies. Z. polyxena is widespread in the middle and southern Europe (southeastern France, Italy, Slovakia and Greece) covering all the Balkans and reaching the south of Kazakhstan and the Urals. Although they are widespread they occur only locally. Order: Lepidoptera, Family: Papilionidae, Genus: Zerynthia, Species: Zerynthia polyxena (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775).
Synonyms:
Papilio cassandra Geyer, 1828[1]
Papilio creusa Meigen, 1829
Papilio hypermnestra Scopoli, 1763
Papilio hypsipyle Schulze, 1776
Papilio hypsipyle Fabricus, 1777
Zerynthia polyxena D., 1775
Zerynthia polyxena polyxena

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Scientific Name: Zerynthia polyxena (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Common Names: Southern Festoon
Synonyms: Papilio polyxena Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775

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