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swallowtail butterfly

French translation: papillon Machaon

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English term or phrase:	swallowtail butterfly
French translation:	papillon Machaon
Entered by:	norabessaha

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11:10 Jul 29, 2010

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Social Sciences - Zoology / swallowtail Butterfly

English term or phrase: swallowtail butterfly

swallowtail butterfly in French is?

norabessaha KudoZ activity Questions: 41 (none open) Answers: 1
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papillon Machaon

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Cindy Mittelette
France
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papillon Machaon

Cindy Mittelette

Grand Porte-queue

GILLES MEUNIER

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Grand Porte-queue

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Note added at 3 mins (2010-07-29 11:14:04 GMT)
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These are nice photos of Papilio machaon (Swallowtail, Schwalbenschwanz, Le Grand Porte-queue). Papilio machaon is a member of the family PAPILIONIDAE from ...
en.butterflycorner.net/Papilio-machaon-Swallowtail-Schwalbenschwanz-Le-Grand-Porte-queue.378.0.html

GILLES MEUNIER
France
Local time: 05:45
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