Old World swallowtail, common yellow swallowtail (Papilio machaon)

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Subject:	Old World swallowtail, common yellow swallowtail (Papilio machaon)
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Resolution: 2000x751 File Size: 399490 Bytes Upload Date: 2017:03:21 13:38:54

Artist Jacob Hübner (1761–1826)
Deutsch: Schwalbenschwanz - Papilio machaon
Medium drawing
Source/Photographer Das kleine Schmetterlingsbuch: Die Tagfalter, Insel-Bücherei Nr. 213
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Papilio_machaon_Schwalbenschwanz.jpg

The Old World swallowtail (Papilio machaon) is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. The butterfly is also known as the common yellow swallowtail or simply the swallowtail (a common name applied to all members of the family, but this species is the 'original', first to go by the name). It is the type species of the genus Papilio.

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