Scarce Swallowtail

Iphiclides podalirius

The Scarce Swallowtail is a beautiful butterfly with long tails on its wings. It flutters gracefully in gardens and fields, showing off its yellow and black colors.

Lebensraum: Grasslands

Aussehen

The Scarce Swallowtail is a striking butterfly with creamy white or pale yellow wings marked by bold black zebra-like stripes. Its hindwings feature distinctive long, slender 'tails' and often sport blue and red eye-spots near the bottom edge. These features help it stand out from other pale butterflies.

ReichAnimaliaStammArthropodaKlasseInsectaOrdnungLepidopteraFamiliePapilionidaeGattungIphiclides

Scarce Swallowtail

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

Mach den ersten Snap!

Interessante Fakten

Despite its name, it's widespread across Europe, just picky about its home!

In warm places, it can have two or three new generations each year!

Its caterpillar looks like a green slug before it transforms into a butterfly!

Its chrysalis can be green or brown, perfectly hiding itself on branches!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Scarce Swallowtail has strong, agile wings that help them quickly dart away from predators.

Scarce Swallowtail has a long, coiled proboscis to reach deep nectar from various flowers.

Female Scarce Swallowtails can sniff out specific fruit trees to lay their eggs on, ensuring their caterpillars have food.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite: 60-80 mm
Größe: 40-60 mm
Lebenserwartung: 10-25 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit: 15 km/h
Anzahl der Beine: 6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Adult butterflies sip flower nectar, while their caterpillars munch on leaves.

Altersunterschiede: As a caterpillar, it eats leaves; as an adult, it drinks nectar.

Hauptnahrung

Nectar
Blackthorn leaves
Hawthorn leaves
Peach leaves
Almond leaves

Nahrungssuche

Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Blackthorn

Prunus spinosa

Caterpillars feed on its leaves.

eats

Common Hawthorn

Crataegus monogyna

Larvae eat the leaves.

pollinates

Peach Tree

Prunus persica

Adults visit flowers for nectar.

eaten by

Eurasian Blue Tit

Cyanistes caeruleus

Birds may prey on adults.

Merkmale

Gestreift

Gekennzeichnet durch parallele Farbstreifen oder -linien.

Bestäubermagnet

Beschreibt Pflanzen, die für eine Vielzahl von bestäubenden Organismen besonders attraktiv und nützlich sind.

Farbenfroh

Farbenfroh beschreibt Organismen oder Objekte, die eine große Vielfalt an leuchtenden und deutlich erkennbaren Farben aufweisen.

Grasland

Grasland-Lebensräume sind terrestrische Biome, die von Gräsern und krautigen Pflanzen dominiert werden und einer Vielzahl von Weidetieren als Lebensraum dienen.