Yellow Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
by Kay Novy
Title
Yellow Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
Artist
Kay Novy
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
"Visions Of Spring-Glances Of Summer" group "A Special Featured Artist Of The Week" (July 23, 2016).
A contest winner in "Wisconsin Flowers And Scenery" group, in house photo match by a select jury vote.
"Top Finisher" in "Best Of The Best" photography contest!
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). It is the type species of the genus Papilio and occurs throughout the Palearctic region in Europe and Asia; it also occurs across North America, and thus, is not restricted to the Old World, despite the common name. The imago typically has yellow wings with black vein markings, and a wingspan of 65 86 millimetres (2.6 3.4 in). The hind wings of both sexes have a pair of protruding tails which give the butterfly its common name from the resemblance to the birds of the same name. Just below each tail is a red eye spot.
It can be distinguished from Papilio hospiton, which occurs sympatrically with it on Corsica and Sardinia, by the longer "tails" on the hind wings.[2] It can be told apart from the Algerian species Papilio saharae only by counting the segments on the antennae.
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March 13th, 2012
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Comments (226)
Johanna Hurmerinta
A beauty to the eye! Promoting in 2000 views group discussion. : ) LF G+
Kay Novy replied:
Thanks so very much, Johanna! Always a pleasure to be featured in "Over 2000 Views" group!
JOHN TELFER
Kay, Great details in this Yellow Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly, nice job at blurring out the background so the total focus is on the butterfly, L/F
Johanna Hurmerinta
LF. Chose this one as a fellow artist nomination in discussion in Over 2000 Views group. Please visit the page and pass on the love :)