Swallowtails in Karlstadt, Germany, 24 July 2011

Karlstadt is a well preserved medieval walled town in northern Bavaria.

Swallows nest under the overhang of this old building.

On the otherside of the river Main, high on the cliff and behind the ruined castle were more Swallowtails.

This is the view from the ruined castle...... behind which was

a Swallowtail butterfly.  What a beauty, even if one of its "tails" is broken off.