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Eastern Festoon

Zerynthia cerisy (Godart, [1824] )

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The eastern festoon (Zerynthia cerisy) is a species in the family Papilionidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the eastern festoon

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
flowers
Habitat
grassland
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Generations a year
One
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the eastern festoon live?

Not recorded

Is the eastern festoon endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the eastern festoon classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPapilionidae
  6. genusZerynthia
  7. SpeciesZerynthia cerisy (Godart, [1824] )

Synonyms Allancastria cerisyi dalmacijae, Allancastria cerisyi goeksui, Allancastria cerisyi huberi, Allancastria cerisyi kocaki, Allancastria cerisyi koroneii, Allancastria cerisyi mysiensis, Allancastria cerisyi sami, Thais cerisy, Thais cerisyi martini, Zerynthia cerisyi cypria, Zerynthia cerisyi ferdinandi, Zerynthia cerisyi speciosa

Other names and names in other languages (15)
  • اكليل شرقيةArabic
  • Фердинандова пеперудаBulgarian
  • pestrokřídlec balkánskýCzech
  • Østlig guirlandesommerfuglDanish
  • Balkan-OsterluzeifalterGerman
  • Mariposa de las Aristoloquias OrientalSpanish
  • Thaïs de CérisyFrench
  • צבעוני קשוטHebrew
  • Oostelijke pijpbloemvlinderDutch
  • Zygzakowiec ogoniastyPolish
  • Зеринтия ЦеризияRussian
  • Orman FistosuTurkish
  • Östlicher OsterluzeifalterGerman
  • Thaïs balkaniqueFrench
  • Orman fisto kelebeğiTurkish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the eastern festoon

Other species in the same genus Zerynthia.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

What does the eastern festoon eat?

Its recorded main food is flowers.

What kind of animal is the eastern festoon?

The eastern festoon (Zerynthia cerisy) belongs to the family Papilionidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Eastern Festoon (Zerynthia cerisy). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/eastern-festoon

MLA

“Eastern Festoon (Zerynthia cerisy).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/eastern-festoon.

BibTeX
@misc{eastern_festoon_2026,
  title = {Eastern Festoon (Zerynthia cerisy)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/eastern-festoon},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}