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VeVe-350Z — Zerynthia polyxena
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Description
The Southern Festoon (Zerynthia polyxena). The Southern Festoon is a very charming butterfly from Palaearctic ecozone (Europe). The first description was in 1775 by Denis & Schiffermüller. With a wingspan of 4.5 – 5.5 cm the Southern Festoon is a small member of the family PAPILIONIDAERelated content
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That's great thanks for featuring me, also other works are beautiful
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Like a fragile beauty 
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Great shot, and beautiful butterfly! Where was it taken?
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Hello I took this photo in my garden
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Vďaka, no nie je úplne podla mojich predstáv, dala som sem ešte zo dve, no s tými už spokojná konečne som, ak chceš môžeš ich omrknúť
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Ooh pretty! The Southern Festoon I saw at a butterfly sanctuary had a creamy yellow background colour, do the differences indicate gender?
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Male butterfly is a little bit smaller than female. There may be some variability from creamy white to yellow but this doesn't affect determination of gender
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That's very interesting, and thank you for getting back to me
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My pleasure
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Oh thank you, truly this species has a very nice pattern on the wings
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