Talk:Papilio machaon

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Need help with wikifying and more images please

Rewrote the complete article with more material. Need help as above. AshLin 12:44, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I'm too new to understand the term "wikifying". I personally am not happy with the name -- I know of no species per se that are called "Old World" and would prefer this as "Eurasian Swallowtail" -- the trouble is there is no international English name for the species... -- GRM 20:09, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Images

Thanks for all the images -- love them!! -69.87.201.170 (talk) 21:29, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Latin name

The Swallowtail’s Latin name, Papilio machaon, comes from the name Machaon, a son of Asclepius, the demigod of medicine and healing in Greek mythology. Machaon and his brother Podalirius took part in the Trojan War on the side of the Greeks, both as healers and warriors. Machaon achieved cult status in ancient Greece. Source: Nationalencyklopedin, Sweden’s national encyclopedia -69.87.201.170 (talk) 21:47, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like a reference for gorganus breeding in the UK. It's oft been speculated, but as far as I know it's never been proved to have happened. 79.79.112.143 (talk) 21:41, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Depends on your definitions. Larvae have been reported in many places away from the distribution of britannicus and therefore attributed to gorganus. Some of these may have been from genuine wild immigrant stock (as opposed to escapes or deliberate releases), though year-to-year survival of gorganus is unproven. Several references in:

Emmet, A.M., J. Heath et al. (Ed.), 1990. The Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Vol. 7 Part 1 (Hesperiidae to Nymphalidae). Harley Books, Colechester, UK. 370p.

—GRM (talk) 17:25, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

May 2009 image overhaul

Everybody please keep in mind not to add too many pictures of the same kind to an article. It's not supposed to be an image gallery. There is a Commons article on papilio machaon for that purpose. --Wilder Kaiser (talk) 20:30, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]