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🦋 Butterflies & Moths
Southern Festoon
Zerynthia polyxena
Least Concern (protected in many countries)About
A strikingly patterned butterfly with yellow wings marked with black zigzags and red spots. It is one of Europe's earliest spring butterflies and resembles a small, ornate kite.
Did You Know?
Its larvae sequester toxic aristolochic acids from their food plant, making all life stages unpalatable to birds.