Swallowtail butterflies

Zebra-Swallowtail Butterfly....

Henry Domke Fine Art

male

Common Swallowtail butterfly {Papilio machaon} feeding on Viper's Bugloss / Blueweed {Echium vulgare} in alpine meadow. Nordtirol, Tirol, Austrian Alps, Austria, 1700 metres altitude, July.

A large, strong-flying butterfly restricted to the Norfolk Broads, although migrants are occasionally seen elsewhere. Pale yellow wings with black veins and blue margins.This is one of our rarest and most spectacular butterflies. The British race britannicus is a specialist of wet fenland and is currently restricted to the Norfolk Broads. Here the adults can be seen flying powerfully over open fen vegetation, stopping to feed on flowers such as thistles and Ragged-Robin.

A swallowtail butterfly up close.

Common Rose is one of the most beautiful swallow tail butterflies to be found in India. With a wingspan of 80 -110 mm it is also a large butterfly. It is black in color with a crimson body and has a large white area on its hind wings. The outer margin of its hind wings has a series of deep red or brownish red spots. Both sexes of this butterfly species look alike. Crimson Rose Butterfly Crimson rose and Malabar rose are two species that look alike the Common rose. But crimson rose is larger…