The Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio Machaon) | iHearts143Quotes

The Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio Machaon) is one of the rarest and most beautiful butterflies. They are large, colorful butterflies in the family Papillonidae and include over 550 species.

These beautiful butterflies prefer areas of mixed fen usually dominated by sedge, or sometimes reed, which is cut periodically and contains tall, prominent foodplants.