Scarce swallowtail Scarce swallowtail The scarce swallowtail ("Iphiclides podalirius") is a butterfly belonging to the family Papilionidae. It is also called the sail swallowtail or pear-tree swallowtail. Subspecies include: "Iphiclides podalirius feisthamelii" is sometimes treated as a valid species, "Iphiclides feisthamelii". Despite the name "scarce swallowtail", this species is quite common. The scarcity of United Kingdom migrants is responsible for the English vernacular name. This species is widespread in the East Palearctic ecozone and in most of Europe with the exception of the northern parts. Its range extends northwards to Lower Lusatia and central Poland and eastwards across Asia Minor and Transcaucasia
Swallowtail (flag) Swallowtail (flag) In flag terminology, a swallowtail is either The name comes from the forked tail that is a common feature of the swallow species of birds. Common in Scandinavia, this swallowtail flag contains a vertical section in the centre of the fly. Also common in the Nordic countries, the swallowtail flag contains a third tail (the "tongue") between the other two tails. This is the shape of the United States' state flag of Ohio, as well as some burgees, private signals and pennants of the International Code of Signals (ICS) use a triangular swallowtail shape. A guidon is the