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Iphiclides podalirius


Iphiclides podalirius
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Copyright: Luciano Gollini (lousat) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1002 W: 6 N: 2700] (10017)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-07-16
Categories: Insects
Exposure: f/4, 1/120 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-07-17 16:45
Viewed: 348
Points: 36
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
He's back from the second world-wide war!

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Suborder: Ditrysia
Family: Papilionidae
Subfamily: Papilioninae
Genus: Iphiclides
Species: I. podalirius

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. 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.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.


E' il mio primo Podalirio e ho anche fatto fatica a riconoscerlo.Mi sembra reduce dalla seconda guerra mondiale,mi ha chiesto una foto da mettere sulla lapide al cimitero e' l'ho accontentato.Il podalirio (Iphiclides podalirius LINNAEUS, 1758) è una farfalla diurna della famiglia dei Papilionidae.Ha una livrea giallo pallida, a fasce trasversali bruno-nerastre, a forma di V dirette verso l'angolo dell'ala anteriore. In alcune varietà il colore di fondo può essere bianco e le fasce essere di un nero marcato. Ha un'apertura alare di 6.5-8 cm. Le ali posteriori hanno delle macchie ocellate arancioni e azzurre e le code sono piuttosto allungate e scure.Può avere 2-3 generazioni annue. Il bruco ha una forma che ricorda una piccola limaccia, ha il corpo verde con linee gialle ed è spesso macchiato di rosso. Si sviluppa a spese di specie arbustive e Rosaceae (come Prunus spinosa e Crataegus monogyna).È una specie termofila con buona tendenza migratoria. Il volo avviene da marzo a settembre, nelle aree aperte e/o coltivate, ma provviste di copertura arboreo-arbustiva. La specie frequenta le foreste temperate e le pianure assolate fino a circa i 1700 m di quota, ma sta risentendo della rarefazione delle siepi in pianura. Diffusa in Europa, Africa settentrionale, Asia temperata e parte della Cina; in Italia è presente ovunque dalle zone di pianura a quelle montuose.
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Hello Luciano, my neighbour
this great documentary macro with great sharp details, POV and composition. It is old specimens and its antenna and wings damaged. In last year, I posted similar shot from Lycaenid butterfly. Yesterday was my happy day that I also saw your species, but I have met it rarely.
TFS, well done
Ahmet

I love the notes...I was thinking the same thing even before I read your notations...Very good capture and super super notes!
Bob

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3452 W: 144 N: 5895] (17468)
  • [2008-07-17 18:59]

Oh dear! Poor butterfly - his time is short. He has aged and his wings are in tatters
Well shown Luciano - and thank you for the notes - we don't have them here in New Zealand.
TFS
Janice

hello Luciano

i am laughing because of the humoristic biginning of your notes,

excellent shot with a fine different POV, also fine DOF,
i love the background with the green vegetations,
beautiful luminosity, excellent sharpness and details, TFS

Asbed

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  • Jamesp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1252 W: 0 N: 4842] (14380)
  • [2008-07-17 22:21]

Hi Luciano

A real TN piece of work, shoe=wing nature as it is. Great pose and detail. Well seen and captured.

James

Excelente enfoque Luciano. Increíble verla en estas condiciones después de la belleza que tenía. Un buen documento.
Sañudos: J. Ignasi.

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  • siggi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 286 W: 3 N: 779] (2796)
  • [2008-07-17 22:54]

Hi Luciano
Good close-up. Great sharpnes, details, DOF, note and POV.
Well done
Siggi

Hi My dear friend Luciano, perfectly focused and detailed close-up capture of a this poor butterfly. It is really seems to be damaged after a war.
TFS and Cheers,
Bayram

Hello Luciano,

You are right!
This poor specimen has been in the wars!
Would this damage have been done by a preditor or is it just wear and tear from age?

Wonderfully detailed shot showing all the ragged edges to the wings as well as the pattern and colours.

Kind regards,
Bev :-)

Congratulazioni per questa prima cattura, straordinari i dettagli di questo "sopravvissuto", molto belli e luminosi i colori. Grazie e complimenti. Ciao Maurizio

Hi Luciano,
What a poor looking fella. It seems to have struggled very much in its life. And the reward is it is alive. Very well captured with sharp details and a very good composition. Thanks a lot for sharing.

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  • cloud Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 110 W: 60 N: 207] (1851)
  • [2008-07-18 7:59]

Hello Luciano,
I think that it is latest minute his life. Such moments also should to look.
Regards, Pawel

Hi Luciano.
Final hours with butterfly's life. Pretty well experienced. Very good sharpness as well as composition, super.
I greet Robert.

Oh Luciano ma che gli hai combinato a questo podalino, l'hai ritagliato con le forbici perchè non ti sorrideva?
Ottima per l'epigrafe e per il ricordino, nitidezza e dettagli ci son tutti, una preghiera in ricordo, ciao Silvio

Beautiful macro shotof this butterfly, Luciano!

Goldy

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  • EOSF1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1330 W: 107 N: 4804] (21334)
  • [2008-07-19 11:49]

Bonjour Luciano! Oui il revient de la guerre! Bravo pour cette image très nette et bien exposée, merci!

Mario

Peccato per le ali rovinate ma non è colpa del fotografo che ha fatto un grande lavoro. Ho incontrato un signore che mi ha indicato un posto qui vicino dove trovare la Podalirio. Spero di trovarla e soprattutto di catturala con l'obiettivo.

Roberto

Hi Luciano,
Very interesting capture. I've never seen such damaged wings on living butterfly. Is it a living or a dead one repositioned by You?
Living or not, a very good shot. Great exposure, compo, DOF and colors. Bravo.
Thank You very much for handling my critique on Your Inachis io photo as it is - a CRITIQUE, and not as a personal insult someone else thought, quite wrongly.
Ciao e grazie, László

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