Iphiclides podalirius
         
Scarce Swallowtail  
Le Flambé  
           
 
 
 
1] male of Iphiclides podalirius - Var (France) - 10/04/2013  
       
       
   
2] male alt.1420m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 05/06/2012   3] same specimen as 2]  
       
       
   
4] male - Var (France) - 10/06/2011   5] male - Var (France) - 21/04/2012  
       
       
   
6] male - Doubs ( France) - 13/07/2010   7] male - Var (France) - 30/07/2011  
       
       
     
8] male - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 20/04/2011      
       
       
   
9] female of Iphiclides podalirius - Var (France) - 04/05/2013   10] female - Var (France) - 04/05/2013  
       
       
   
11] female laying on Prunus spinosa - Haute Saône (France) - 28/04/2010
 
  12] female laying on Crataegus sp. An egg of Scarce Swallowtail is also visible under a leaf on the same branch - Var (France) - 11/07/2012  
       
       
   
13] egg laid by the female from picture 11]   14] same egg as 13]  
       
       
   
15] egg freshly laid on Prunus spinosa - Var (France) - 21/04/2015   16] young larva on Prunus armeniaca (Apricot Tree) - Corsica (France) - 02/05/2014  
       
       
   
17] other larva on Prunus armeniaca - Corsica (France) - 02/05/2014   18] 2 day-old caterpillar, which hatched on the 6th of May from the egg shown in picture 15] - Var (France) - 08/05/2015  
       
       
   
19] same larva as 18]   20] same larva as 18] on Prunus spinosa - 13/05/2015  
       
       
   
21] same larva as 18] on Prunus spinosa - 15/05/2015   22] same larva as 18] on Prunus spinosa - 23/05/2015  
       
       
   
23] same larva as 18] on Prunus spinosa - 23/05/2015   24] same larva as 18] on Prunus spinosa - 23/05/2015  
       
       
   
25] same larva as 18] on Prunus spinosa - 23/05/2015   26] same larva as 18] on Prunus spinosa - 29/05/2015  
       
       
   
27] same larva as 18] on Prunus spinosa - 29/05/2015
 
  28] caterpillar found on Prunus mahaleb - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 17/08/2014  
       
       
   
29] same larva as 28]   30] same larva as 28]  
       
       
   
31] head of a mature caterpillar found on Prunus mahaleb - Alpes maritimes (France) - 24/07/2015   32] caterpillar found on Prunus spinosa - Haute Garonne (France) - 16/09/2018  
       
       
   
33] same larva as 18] on Prunus spinosa, preparing to pupate - 03/06/2015   34] chrysalis which originated from the scene shown in picture 33]  
       
       
     
35] same chrysalis as 34]      
       
       
       
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