#2417 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Old World Swallowtail

🇳🇱 Koninginnenpage ·Papilio machaon

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

Papilio machaon , the Old World swallowtail , 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 first to be given the name). It is the type species of the genus Papilio .

base stats

NL sightings 668iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 69,385iNaturalist 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

Spotted 668 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #33 most seen of the butterflies & moths in NL.
69,385 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).