(Rebel, 1904)
Description:
This festoon is often seen in dry, open scrub, but also on agricultural land, in olive groves and vineyards, and sometimes in damp places. The birthwort Aristolochia cretica, which only grows on Crete, and perhaps also A. sempervirens, are used as food plant by the caterpillars.
It is single-brooded and hibernates as a chrysalis.
Habitat:
Heath and shrub
Sclerophyllous scrub
Similar species:
Zerynthia rumina
Zerynthia polyxena
Zerynthia cerisy