Articles on the more than 150 species of butterfly currently identified in the Picos de Europa.
Also included here are some of the species found futher afield in the vicinity.
Big excitement on Sunday as we set off to confirm a sighting Teresa had around the same time last year of a Spanish festoon in Cillorigo de Liébana.
It's highly likely that I'd already seen some of these butterflies without positively identifying them..... These first three were, however, unmistakable.
Family - Papilionidae
Genus - Iphiclides
Species - I. feisthameli (Duponchel) ( = Iphiclides podalirius feisthameli)
Spanish name - Chupaleche
The Spanish swallowtail is a large butterfly distributed over the Iberian peninsula with incursions south into Morocco and north into southern France.
