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| Archon apollinus specimen from Syria | |
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| Genus: | Archon Hübner, 1822 |
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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 .
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. | |
 |  | Archon apollinus - (Herbst, 1789) [4] | Central and Eastern Europe and West Asia. |
| Archon bostanchii - (de Freina & Naderi, 2003) [5] | Iran. | ||
Species from this genus feed on Aristolochia species.
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