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Wingspan
♂ 76 - 82 mm, ♀ 80 - 86 mm
Checklist Number
56.002
iff-ee-CLY-deez poh-da-LI-ree-uss
Wingspan
♂ 76 - 82 mm, ♀ 80 - 86 mm
Checklist Number
56.002
This species is believed to be an extremely rare natural immigrant to our shores. However, the dozen or so sightings could be the result of immature stages being accidentally imported, or releases of captive-bred stock. This species was figured as a British species as early as 1710. The first authoritative reports of a capture were from Clapham Park Wood, Bedfordshire, in 1803 and from Netley, Shropshire in 1822.
This species was first defined in Linnaeus (1758) as shown here (type locality: Southern Europe and Africa).
| Family: | Papilionidae | Latreille, 1802 |
| Subfamily: | Papilioninae | Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribe: | Graphiini | Talbot, 1939 |
| Genus: | Iphiclides | Hübner, [1819] |
| Subgenus: | ||
| Species: | podalirius | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Description to be completed.
This distribution status of this species is unknown.
| 1.3 Vagrant |
Description to be completed.
This species is a rare migrant and no conservation action is relevant.
Description to be completed.
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