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Zerynthia rumina, the Spanish festoon, is a butterfly belonging to the family Papilionidae. It is a widespread species in Spain and frequents most habitats.
Zerynthia rumina is an extremely striking species. In south east France it can be confused with the southern festoon (Zerynthia polyxena). The two can be told apart by the presence of blue on the hindwing of the southern festoon. The Spanish festoon also has extensive red on the forewings.
Flight period
The flight period is generally in April and May with the possibility of a very small second brood in September.
Synonymy
This species represents an extreme example of oversplitting.
ruminaLinnaeus (andalusicaRibbe 1910) (south Spain: Andalusia, South Huelva, Cadiz, Gibraltar, Málaga, Seville)
form lusitanica Bryk, 1932 (Portugal:Lissabon, Algarve, Cintra, Belem, Oporto, Leca)
form semitristis de Sagarra, 1930
form paucipunctata Neuburger
form ornatissima Blachier, 1908
form nigricans Eisner
form minusculus Eisner
form aperta Eisner
form divisa Schultz, 1908
form canteneri Staudinger, 1861
ornatior Blachier, 1905 (mauretanica Schultz, 1908, africana Stichel, 1907), (Northern Africa: Algeria, Morocco: Tangier)The name ornatior is not the correct one for the Northern African representative. canteneri (Heydenrich i.l.) Staudinger, 1861 (= canteneri Heyd. 1851, was originally applied to African populations and is the valid name, c.f. Felder and Felder (1864), Rothschild (1917), canteneri is generally considered a European form but the type locality was fixed 'Algeria' by the Felder brothers (l.c.) whereas Staudinger (1861) only, and apparently erroneously, referred the name to the Iberian form ochracea. Manley and Allcard (1970) following Bryk (1934) referred to canteneri Staudinger as an orange aberration of both sexes which is frequent in Morocco but occasionally appears in warmer parts of south Spain.
