#3005 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Iberian Scarce Swallowtail

🇳🇱 Spaanse koningspage ·Iphiclides feisthamelii

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Agustín Povedano · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Javier Díaz Barrera · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Nuno Barreto · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. Cheraga, Algiers, Algeria:© Bernard Noguès · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. 24444 Borrenes, León, España:© Manuel J. Gomez · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Calle Tejo, Arija, Burgos, ES:© Kepa Alkiza · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Girona, España:© Èric Oliva Sánchez · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Ctra.Dehesas-Colonia Las Praderas, 28470, Madrid, España:© César Alonso · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Jerónimos, Madrid, España:© carmensamu62 · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Soure, 3130, Portugal:© Manuel · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Iphiclides feisthamelii , the southern scarce swallowtail or southern swallowtail , is a butterfly found in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 10,701iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
10,701 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1832 (194 years ago).