Swallow Tail  Butterfly (European)

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Taken in Sorrentoon 18th September 2009 using Nikon D40X with Nikon 300 mm zoom lens.
 British
Swallow Tail

Swallow Tail Butterfly.  Sub species Gorganus
Species:
Order:
Family:		 Papilio machaon.ssp.garganus
Lepidoptera.
Papilionidae.
Larval Food:

Adult Food:
Wingspan:
Habitat:
Flies/Found:
Feature:		 Fennel, hemlock, lovage, cow parsley, parsley, parsnip cow parsnip, sea holly, giant hogweed.
Pollen and nectar.
Male:    76 - 83 mm.  Female:86 - 93 mm.
Meadows and hillsides
Late May - Early July.
Usually 1 generation but a small 2nd generation can occur.
Butterfly - Swallow Tail. Sub species Britannicus
Male
Taken at Hickling Broad on 27th June 2016 using Nikon D5200  with Sigma 150-500 mm zoom lens.		 Fact File
European Swallowtail

Female
Butterfly - Swallow Tail. Sub species Britannicus
Species:
Order:
Family:		 Papilio machaon.ssp. Britannicus
Lepidoptera.
Papilionidae.
Larval Food:
Adult Food:
Wingspan:
Habitat:
Flies/Found:
Feature:
 Solely on Milk Parsley.
Bluebell, Devil's-bit Scabious, Ragged Robin, Red Clover, Teasel and Thistles.
Male:    76 - 83 mm.   Female:86 - 93 mm.
Open fens where the larval foodplant, Milk-parsley, is found.
Late May - Early July.
Largest and rarest butterfly found in Britain. Now confined to the Norfolk Broads.