First Common Yellow Swallowtail of the season, it only landed for a few seconds on a grassy slope in my garden.
Common Yellow Swallowtail gathering nectar of a flower of a crown daisy in my garden.
Common Yellow Swallowtail gathering nectar of a flower of a crown daisy in my garden.
Common Yellow Swallowtail gathering nectar of a flower of a crown daisy in my garden.
Common Yellow Swallowtail gathering nectar of a flower of Emilia coccinea 'Scarlet Magic' in my garden.
Common Yellow Swallowtail gathering nectar of a flower of Emilia coccinea 'Scarlet Magic' in my garden.
A swallowtail caterpillar on an umbellifera stem in a calcareous wasteland. Diois, France.
A Swallowtail caterpillar eating a leaf of wild angelica along a stream. Limousin, France.
Male swallowtail resting on a leaf at the summit of an residual hill where males of various species of butterflies are competing for the best places in the sun. Limousin, France.
Male swallowtail resting on a rock at the summit of an residual hill where males of various species of butterflies are competing for the best places in the sun. This swallowtail is the winner of the competition of the day, he's the king of the hill. Limousin, France.
Male swallowtail resting on a rock at the summit of an residual hill where males of various species of butterflies are competing for the best places in the sun. Limousin, France.
Common Yellow Swallowtail gathering nectar of flowers of fragrant orchis (Gymnadenia conopsea) in an alpine meadow. Diois, France.
Common Yellow Swallowtail gathering nectar of flowers of fragrant orchis (Gymnadenia conopsea) in an alpine meadow. Diois, France.
Common Yellow Swallowtail gathering nectar of flowers of fragrant orchis (Gymnadenia conopsea) in an alpine meadow. Diois, France.
Common Yellow Swallowtail gathering nectar of a flower of clover in an alpine meadow. Diois, France.
Common Yellow Swallowtail gathering nectar of a Wood Scabious (Knautia maxima) flower in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.
Common Yellow Swallowtail gathering nectar of a Wood Scabious (Knautia maxima) flower in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.
Common Yellow Swallowtail gathering nectar of a Wood Scabious (Knautia maxima) flower in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.
Common Yellow Swallowtail gathering nectar of a Wood Scabious (Knautia maxima) flower in a wet meadow.
Common Yellow Swallowtail gathering nectar of a Wood Scabious (Knautia maxima) flower in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.
Common Yellow Swallowtail resting on a grass in a calcareous grassland. Limousin, France.
Common Yellow Swallowtail resting on a grass in a calcareous grassland. Limousin, France.
Common Yellow Swallowtail resting on a grass in a calcareous grassland. Limousin, France.
Male swallowtail resting on a small burnet at the summit of an residual hill where males of various species of butterflies are competing for the best places in the sun. Limousin, France.
Male swallowtail resting on St. John's wort at the summit of an residual hill where males of various species of butterflies are competing for the best places in the sun. Limousin, France.