Zerynthia polyxena

Southern festoon
Dorsal view
Lateral view
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Zerynthia
Species:
Z. polyxena
Binomial name
Zerynthia polyxena
Synonyms
  • Papilio cassandra Geyer, 1828
  • Papilio creusa Meigen, 1829
  • Papilio hypermnestra Scopoli, 1763
  • Papilio hypsipyle Schulze, 1776
  • Papilio hypsipyle Fabricus, 1777
  • Zerynthia polyxena D., 1775
  • Zerynthia polyxena polyxena

Zerynthia polyxena, the southern festoon, is a butterfly belonging to the butterfly family Papilionidae.

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