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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English: Scanned and archived at www.OldBookArt.com where it was marked as public domain from Europas bekannteste Schmetterlinge. Beschreibung der wichtigsten Arten und Anleitung zur Kenntnis und zum Sammeln der Schmetterlinge und Raupen (Berlin, 1895).
Date 24 February 2012
Source http://www.gallery.oldbookart.com/main.php?g2_itemId=19715
Author Dr. F. Nemos
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:F_Nemos_Old_Book_Art_Papilio_machaon.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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