Apollo

Parnassius apollo
Swallowtail butterflies (Papilionidae)

Semi transparant wings.
Apolloon RikenMon's Nature-Guide

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Large white butterfly with semi-transparent wings with a black and white pattern. On the top surface of front wings just black markings, on rear wings 2 red marks.  3 eyes on the underside with little red marks at the base.

⇔ wsp. 65-75 mm

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≈ Larger than the PARNASSIUS  PHOEBUS (Phoebus Apollo) which has red marks on the front wing and a yellow glow on the underside. 
≈ Also larger than the PARNASSIUS MNEMOSYNE (Clouded Apollo) which has no red and fewer black markings.

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