#2977 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Scarce Swallowtail

🇳🇱 Koningspage ·Iphiclides podalirius

LCleast concern 🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Alberto Colatore · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Radu Teodoreanu · CC BY 4.0
3. © Enzio Harpaintner · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © xulescu_g · CC BY-SA 4.0
5. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. 5557, Bulgaria:© Ian Bradley · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Prilep, Pelagonia, MK:© tashkoskim · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Agrigento, Itália:© zebedeugalinha · CC BY 4.0
9. Lobau, Wien, Österreich:© carnifex · CC BY 4.0
10. Eylul Sk., Ataşehir, Istanbul, TR:© no rights reserved · CC0

what is it?

The scarce swallowtail ( Iphiclides podalirius ) is a butterfly belonging to the family Papilionidae. It is also called the sail swallowtail or pear-tree swallowtail .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 40,354iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

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.
40,354 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).