| Allancastria louristana | |
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| Museum specimens. "Persia". | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Allancastria |
| Species: | A. lourisitana |
| Binomial name | |
| Allancastria lourisitana (Le Cerf, 1908) | |
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