Today we have another beauty: the harlequin or Zerynthia (Zerynthia) rumina (Linnaeus, 1758):
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Zerynthia
Species: Zerynthia (Zerynthia) rumina
Its size is smaller than your premiums family, I. podalirius and P. machaon, although its color is as beautiful as them. It has a single flight period, from March to late May, can be found up to 2200m and prefers calcareous hillsides with low vegetation and abundant. Its larvae feed on a single plant genus, Aristolochia, in any of these species A. pallida, A. boetica, A. longa ssp. paucinervis, A. Fontanesi t A. rotunda, all contain toxic alkaloids. The caterpillar builds up in your body without toxic pistoloquia transform, which makes it equally toxic. This butterfly is not very common, with very isolated colonies of a few individuals, and separated from each other.
Camera Model: Canon EOS 350D
Exposure time [s]: 1/320
F-Number: 7.1
ISO speed ratings: 200
Date taken: 2007:04:21 11:50:58
Exposure bias value: -2 / 3
Flash: Flash
Focal length [mm]: 100.
Camera Model: Canon EOS 350D
Exposure time [s]: 1/400
F-Number: 9.0
ISO speed ratings: 400
Date taken: 2007:04:21 17:00:17
Exposure bias value: -2 / 3
Flash: Flash
Focal length [mm]: 100.
Pictures taken Verin .
Let's see if I can photograph this year better off. A greeting.