Alpine black swallowtail

phylum	Arthropoda	Papilio maackii, the alpine black swallowtail or emerald machaonoviy peacock - is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Central Asia, Russia, Japan, China and South Korea. The Alpine Swallowtail lives along the forest edges of grasslands where there are plentiful bushes. They typically lay their eggs on prickly ash and cork oak leaves For more information, visit the Wikipedia genus entry. Get back to Swallowtail butterflies
Class	Insecta
order	Lepidoptera
family	Papilionidae
genus	Papilio
species	P. maackii

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  Bandai Bugs Museum Papilio maackii