Z. polyxena

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sealor, 29.04.2006 17:32

I suggest for the section "Bio-pictures".
There is a description, the original image size is 1600X1200X900 KB
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Polyxena-Zerynthia polyxena (Denis et Schiffermuller, 1775)=
= Zerynthia hypsipyle Schulze
Family of Sailboats-Papilionidae.

The butterfly is medium-sized, with a wingspan of 40 to 55 mm. It flies from the end of April to May, the flight is slow ," not sure", when the weather is overcast and if the sun is hidden by clouds, it immediately sets, takes off when worried, does not willingly let it get very close, in cloudy weather it crawls on the offered hand. It feeds on various flowers, but mostly sits on the ground or stems. It occurs directly near the forage plant-kirkazon, forms quite large clusters.
The caterpillars emerge from their eggs some time after laying, feed only on plants of the genus Aristolochia (Kirkazon), and the pupa overwinters.
It is believed that the number of this butterfly is decreasing.
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PS
Well, I'm happy that I saw such beauty

This post was edited by sealor - 29.04.2006 18: 16

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09.05.2006 15:47, sealor

Here's what I accidentally found about Polixenes ' skittishness:
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Graceful Polyxena

Comment: Polyxena (Zerynthia polyxena Schiff.) is so agile and cautious that it is very difficult to see its beauty - it does not let you get close to it. I had to take pictures with a telephoto lens in macro mode, but even at this distance (about one meter), I was not able to get close immediately.
This is a rare butterfly listed in the Red Book. Its larvae develop only on strictly defined plants of the family kirkazonovyh (Aristolochiaciae); butterflies are hatched once a year in late April-early May and please our eyes no more than two or three weeks...

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A source(with a photo, quite large)

This post was edited by sealor-05/09/2006 15: 48

03.03.2023 20:13, Anton Nikolaev

An interesting story about polyxene.
In Krasnodar, they want to build a highway out of lawlessness, which no one needs, except for those who launder money on it. And so it has already turned out that there is a population of polyxena exactly on the site of its construction.
Here everything is stated in a general form.
https://centerforpoliticsanalysis.ru/positi...ug-mikrorajona-

Points from the ainaturalist:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?ne...taxon_id=333217

there, five years ago, they celebrated polyxena in another park (Turgenevsky Park, Yubileyny m-n of Krasnodar), about a kilometer away, but most likely it is not there, because they mowed it very harshly. As for the surrounding area, I explored about fifteen km in April and May. the Kuban coast (Belozernoye, Elizavetinka, and Kuban Coast districts), but I didn't find any polyxena.
Such things.

If anyone has any thoughts on how to save her:
https://vk.com/id102196267