Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths) ➔ Family Papilionidae (Swallowtails)

Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758

Schwalbenschwanz Swallowtail

Synonyms and other combinations: ∇
  • Papilio machaon 1322
    Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758  Schwalbenschwanz  Swallowtail 
    Papilio machaon
    GR, Kreta; 2004-09-01 10:02:26
    Image number: 1322

    GR, Kreta
    2004-09-01 10:02:26
  • Papilio machaon 1323
    Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758  Schwalbenschwanz  Swallowtail 
    Papilio machaon
    GR, Kreta; 2004-09-01 10:02:57
    Image number: 1323

    GR, Kreta
    2004-09-01 10:02:57
  • Papilio machaon 1328
    Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758  Schwalbenschwanz  Swallowtail 
    Papilio machaon
    BG, Naturpark Zlatni Piassatzi; 2008-09-02 12:59:38
    Image number: 1328

    BG, Naturpark Zlatni Piassatzi
    2008-09-02 12:59:38
  • Papilio machaon 1329
    Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758  Schwalbenschwanz  Swallowtail 
    Papilio machaon
    BG, Naturpark Zlatni Piassatzi; 2008-09-02 12:56:33
    Image number: 1329

    BG, Naturpark Zlatni Piassatzi
    2008-09-02 12:56:33
  • Papilio machaon 1330
    Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758  Schwalbenschwanz  Swallowtail 
    Papilio machaon
    BG, Naturpark Zlatni Piassatzi; 2008-09-02 11:24:55
    Image number: 1330

    BG, Naturpark Zlatni Piassatzi
    2008-09-02 11:24:55
  • Papilio machaon 1997
    Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758  Schwalbenschwanz  Swallowtail 
    Papilio machaon
    BG, Naturpark Zlatni Piassatzi; 2008-09-02 11:25:40
    Image number: 1997

    BG, Naturpark Zlatni Piassatzi
    2008-09-02 11:25:40
  • Papilio machaon 4138
    Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758  Schwalbenschwanz  Swallowtail 
    Papilio machaon
    BG, Russalka; 2010-08-17 12:17:16
    Image number: 4138

    BG, Russalka
    2010-08-17 12:17:16
  • Papilio machaon, caterpillar 1552
    Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758  Schwalbenschwanz  Swallowtail 
    Papilio machaon, caterpillar
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2007-08-19 16:07:46
    Image number: 1552
    caterpillar
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2007-08-19 16:07:46
  • Papilio machaon, caterpillar 1553
    Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758  Schwalbenschwanz  Swallowtail 
    Papilio machaon, caterpillar
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2007-08-19 15:39:05
    Image number: 1553
    caterpillar
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2007-08-19 15:39:05
  • Papilio machaon, caterpillar 1554
    Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758  Schwalbenschwanz  Swallowtail 
    Papilio machaon, caterpillar
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2007-08-19 15:36:04
    Image number: 1554
    caterpillar
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2007-08-19 15:36:04
  • Papilio machaon, caterpillar 1555
    Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758  Schwalbenschwanz  Swallowtail 
    Papilio machaon, caterpillar
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2007-08-19 15:35:30
    Image number: 1555
    caterpillar
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2007-08-19 15:35:30

Further vernacular names:
Common Yellow Swallowtail, Old World Swallowtail
Classification:
Papilio machaon belongs to the subfamily Papilioninae.

References, further reading, links:
  1. Häuser C., Holstein J., Kroupa A.S., Steiner A. & Turiault M. (eds) (2016). GloBIS (GART): Global Butterfly Information System (version Sep 2013). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2016 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2016. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.