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Iphiclides podalirius Scop.


Iphiclides podalirius Scop.
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Copyright: Ena Simic (Ena) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 368 W: 61 N: 591] (2458)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-07-06
Categories: Insects
Exposure: f/8, 1/200 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-07-11 9:37
Viewed: 1022
Points: 26
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Iphiclides podalirius (Scopoli, 1763)

The Scarce Swallowtail (Iphiclides podalirius) is a butterfly found in gardens, fields and open woodlands. It is found in places with sloe thickets and
particularly orchards. It is also called Sail Swallowtail or Pear-tree Swallowtail.

Distribution

It is widespread throughout Europe with the exception of the northern parts. Its range extends northwards to Saxony and central Poland and eastwards across Asia Minor and Transcaucasia as far as the Arabian peninsula, India, and western China. A few specimens of the Scarce Swallowtail have been reported from central Sweden and the UK but they were probably only strays and not migrants. The scarcity of UK migrants is responsible for the English common name. In the Alps it can be found up to altitudes of 1600 m.

Status

In some years the Scarce Swallowtail is quite abundant. The Scarce Swallowtail is getting rarer as the blackthorn bushes are being cleared; and it is now protected in some central European countries. It is protected by law in Czech republic, Slovakia, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg and Poland. It is considered Rare-Endangered and protected in some provinces of Austria and of status Indeterminate throughout Europe.

Life cycle

The food plant includes hawthorn bushes. The caterpillars spin little pads on leaves and grip them firmly. The newly hatched caterpillar is dark in colour with two smaller and two bigger greenish patches on the dorsal side, later they are greenish with yellowish dorsal and side stripes. The summer chrysalids are green as a rule, the hibernating ones are brown. A number of hibernating chrysalids fall prey to various enemies.

Source: Wikipedia
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Hi Ena,
A flower on a flower... They are such wonderful creatures! I like this POV and composition a lot. Despite that there are some little OE parts and a tinny lack of sharpness on the butterfly, this remains a very nice capture. Thanks and cheers!
Claudine

Pretty butterfly... this swallowtail is very different from the ones in the western USA.

Hi Ena.
Splendid Butterfly. Very good composition and sharpness. Excellent contrast.
I greet Robert.

Hello Ena
This is very beautiful papilionid butterfly. Previously I also posted same species. Your shot very nice with POV, composition, focus and coloration. Thanks for sharing, best wishes
Ahmet

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  • Mana Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1899 W: 36 N: 5578] (18516)
  • [2008-07-15 11:10]

Hi Ena,
Wonderful shot of this great looking Swallowtail with very impressive sharpness and nice colours. A fabulous open-winged pose captured here and the natural lighting is superbly handled. I like the natural setting and the surrounding here. Excellent DOF, POV and composition. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon

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  • cako Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 545 W: 0 N: 735] (3213)
  • [2008-07-18 5:26]

Hi Ena
very nice macro image
well done.

Hello Ena,
Beautiful Scarce Swallowtail with excellent sharpness & POV. The blue spots on the hind wing well match with the background flowers. TFS.
Regards-Subhash

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  • izler Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 1399 W: 3 N: 30] (504)
  • [2008-09-07 0:25]

merhaba ena
wonderful capture of this beautiful butterfly
i like composition, POV, DOF, light, colours, sharpness and details
TFS
regards
izler

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3584 W: 143 N: 5669] (18531)
  • [2008-09-20 8:37]

Hi, Ena, again.
I like this species a lot and you have pictured it at a very attractive scenery and the best pose.. Wonderful wingspread and diagonal composition, natural rich colours of the flowers and leaves. Exposure and reproduction of white and black parts of the insect is exact. My kind regards. TFS.
Alexei.

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  • jpdenk Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 480 W: 5 N: 783] (2061)
  • [2008-12-18 12:51]

Hi Ena,

A beautiful composition, I like the blue flowers sort of echoed in the blue spots on the butterfly's wings.

Thanks for sharing that,
John

Hi Ena,

you don't seem to be active any longer on TN, sad to say. This portrait of Iphiclides is of such beauty and speaks so highly of your technical skills that I beg you to return, presenting more of your images to the TN world.

I wish you a Happy New Year
Dietrich

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  • foozi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1339 W: 0 N: 2573] (9077)
  • [2009-04-11 2:08]

Hi Ena,
a very beautiful shot of this pretty butterfly. the colours is well rendered and the composition id lovely. i like the way you put it in a diagonal psition. the flower too is very pretty. Well used of light and good balancing.

regards,
Foozi

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  • john1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 65 W: 0 N: 85] (356)
  • [2009-08-27 11:08]

Hello Ena,

A very pretty variety pity they did not have with us.
Very good composition , sharpness and details.
Thanks for sharing.
Best regards.
John

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