Scarce Swallowtail

Iphiclides podalirius (Linnaeus 1758)

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Iphiclides podalirius (Scarce Swallowtail) is a species of butterflies in the family swallowtail butterflies. They visit flowers of purple archangel, white mignonette, danewort, dwarf elder, and Chaste Tree.

EOL has data for 12 attributes, including:

Body symmetry
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/body_symmetry
- Definition: overall repetitive or reflective pattern in the body of one individual of this taxon. eg: bilateral symmetry, rotational symmetry, radial symmetry
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bilaterally symmetric
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324
- Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves
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cellularity
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001992
- Definition: An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting cells. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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multicellular
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993
- Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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developmental mode
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/DevelopmentalMode
- Definition: Broad recognized categories describing development, the process by which organisms grow and mature
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holometabolous
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/holometabolous
- Definition: Development of insects with complete metamorphosis which involves a pupal stage.
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eats
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002470
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Crataegus monogyna Jacq. (Common Hawthorn)
feeding structure
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/FeedingStructure
- Definition: The morphological structure of body parts used to ingest food.
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biting-chewing mouthparts
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/bitingChewing
- Definition: Mouthparts adapted to cutting and grinding food particles using opposable mandibles with a mola (grinding surface).
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geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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North Atlantic
- URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1912
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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montane
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000342
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has host
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002454
- Attribution: From OBO Relation Ontology
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Lavandula angustifolia Mill. (English Lavendar)
type specimen repository
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TypeSpecimenRepository
- Definition: The institution that holds a type specimen for a given species. The recommended best practice is to use the identifier in a collections registry such as the Biodiversity Collections Index (http://www.biodiversitycollectionsindex.org/).
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Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkund Stuttgart
- URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34840
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visits
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002618
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Hibiscus syriacus L. (rose of Sharon)
visits flowers of
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002622
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Centranthus ruber (L.) DC. (Red Valerian)
visual system
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002104
- Definition: The sensory system subserving the sense of vision.
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apposition eyes
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IDOMAL_0002229
- Definition: A compound eye with no separation between the crystalline-cone layer and the retinula, each rhabdom receiving light only from its own corneal lens.
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Scarce Swallowtail. View this species on GBIF

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