Paris peacock (Papilio paris), southern festoon (Zerynthia polyxena), common yellow swallowtail (Papilio machaon) Français : Planche N°131 du livre "Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation" par Georges Cuvier (Tome 14), seconde édition de 1828, représentant :
-en haut : Papillon Arjuna = Paris peacock (Papilio paris)
-au milieu : Thaïs hypsipyle et chenille du Machaon = southern festoon (Zerynthia polyxena)
-en bas : Papillon Machaon = common yellow swallowtail (Papilio machaon)
Date 13 May 2013, 17:14:42
Author Rvalette https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Rvalette
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cuvier-131-Machaon-Tha%C3%AFs-Arjuna.jpg
Papilio paris, the Paris peacock, is a species of swallowtail butterfly found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.
Zerynthia polyxena, the southern festoon, is a striking butterfly belonging to the family Papilionidae of butterflies. Z. polyxena is widespread in the middle and southern Europe (southeastern France, Italy, Slovakia and Greece) covering all the Balkans and reaching the south of Kazakhstan and the Urals. Although they are widespread they occur only locally.
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.
