Papilio alexanor Esper, 1800

southern swallowtail

on Ferula, etc.

parasite

Larvae freely on the inflorecences.

host plants

Apiaceae, oligophagous

Ferula communis, tingitana; Heptaptera anisoptera; Opopanax chironium, hispidus; Pastinaca sativa; Ptychotis saxifraga; Scaligeria napiformis; Trinia glauca.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

egg, larva, pupa

see Lepiforum.

references

Bollino & Sala (2004a), Dupont, Luquet, Demerges & Drouet (2013a), Lepiforum (2021).