Archon (butterfly)

Short description: Genus of butterflies

Archon

Archon apollinus specimen from Syria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Papilionidae
Tribe:  | Luehdorfiini
Genus:  | Archon
Hübner, 1822
Species

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Archon is a genus of Palaearctic swallowtail butterflies in the subfamily Parnassiinae. Traditionally, only two species have been known: Archon apollinus and Archon apollinaris. Recent studies, however, have given specific status to a third taxon, Archon bostanchii.

## Contents

* 1 Taxonomy
* 2 Food plants
* 3 Notes
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Taxonomy

The genus consists of the following species:[1][2]

Larvae | Butterfly | Scientific name | Distribution

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|  | Archon apollinaris \- (Staudinger, 1892)[3] | Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey.
| 120px | Archon apollinus \- (Herbst, 1789)[4] | Central and Eastern Europe and West Asia.
|  | Archon bostanchii \- (de Freina & Naderi, 2003)[5] | Iran.

## Food plants

Species from this genus feed on Aristolochia species.

## Notes

1. ↑ Nazari, V., Zakharov, E.V., and Sperling, F.A.H., 2007. Phylogeny, historical biogeography, and taxonomic ranking of Parnassiinae (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae) based on morphology and seven genes. Molecular phylogenetics and Evolution, 42: 131-156 Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist.
2. ↑ Catalogue of Life:2009; Geraadpleegd op 20-11-2009[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}] Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist.
3. ↑ Staudinger, O. (1892) Neue Arten und Varietäten von Lepidopteren des paläarktischen Faunengebiets. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift herausgegeben von der Gesellschaft Iris zu Dresden 4 (2): 224-339; pl. 3 [partim].
4. ↑ Herbst, J. F. W. (1798) Band 9. Schmetterlinge. Pauli, Berlin.
5. ↑ de Freina J. J. & Naderi A. (2004). Beschreibung einer neuen Unterart von Archon apollinaris (Staudinger, [1892]) aus dem südwestlichen Zentral-Zagros, bostanchii subspec. nov., mit ergänzenden Angaben zur Gesamtverbreitung der Art (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Atalanta, 34 (3/4) :429-434.

## References

* Carbonell, F., 1991. Contribution à la connaissance du genre Archon Hübner 1822: Découverte de zones de sympatrie pour Archon apollinus (Herbst) et Archon apollinaris Staudinger (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Linneana Belgica 13: 3-12.
* Carbonell, F. and Michel, M., 2007. Une espèce jumelle méconnue du genre Archon Hübner, 1822 (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 112 (2), 2007 : 141-150.
* Nazari, V. and Sperling, F.A.H., 2007. Mitochondrial DNA divergence and phylogeography in western Palaearctic Parnassiinae (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae): How many species are there? Insect Systematics & Evolution 38: 121-138. pdf

## External links

* Tree of Life

Wikidata ☰ Q279423 entry

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