Exotic Beauty: Swallowtail Named Butterfly of the Year 2025

The Papilio machaon impresses with its exotic beauty and is yet native. With its distinctive black and yellow wings, elegant tails, and bright red eye spot, it is one of the most striking day butterflies in the country. The Swallowtail can be found in all federal states - from dry grasslands and embankments to gardens and parks.

Butterfly of the Year 2025: Low Threat Level of the Swallowtail

Particularly pleasing is the still low threat level of the species today. Thanks to a high adaptability, it can even be found in gardens, where the equally colorful caterpillar feeds on the leaves of carrots, caraway, and dill. "Garden enthusiasts should sow umbellifers and also leave them standing over the winter, then the exotic butterfly feeling is almost guaranteed," says Peter Huemer, butterfly expert at the Tyrolean State Museums and chairman of Blooming Austria.

(APA/Red)

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