Archon (butterfly)

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Archon
Archon apollinus ulster.jpg
Archon apollinus specimen from Syria
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Domain: Eukaryota
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. [1] [2] [3] [4] Traditionally, only two species have been recognized: Archon apollinus and Archon apollinaris . [2] Recent studies, however, have given specific status to a third taxon, Archon bostanchii , [3] [5] [6] and suggested that further subspecies could warrant recognition as species. [6]

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Taxonomy

The genus consists of the following species: [3] [5] [6]

LarvaeButterflyScientific nameDistribution
Apollinaris male.jpg Archon apollinaris (Staudinger, 1892) [7] Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey.
Archon apollinus - False Apollo, Osmaniye 2013-04-26 01-1.jpg Archon apollinus - False apollo.jpg Archon apollinus (Herbst, 1789) [8] Central and Eastern Europe and West Asia.
Archon bostanchii de Freina & Naderi, 2003 [9] Iran.

Food plants

Species from this genus feed on Aristolochia species. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Archon Hübner, 1822". Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.24.347. 30 November 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Archon". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Savela, Markku. "Archon Hübner, 1822". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  4. ↑ Nazari, Vazrick; Zakharov, Evgueni V.; Sperling, Felix A.H. (2007). "Phylogeny, historical biogeography, and taxonomic ranking of Parnassiinae (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae) based on morphology and seven genes" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 42 (1): 131–156. Bibcode:2007MolPE..42..131N. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.06.022. PMID   16919972. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 6, 2011. Retrieved November 23, 2009.
  5. 1 2 3 Carbonell, Frédéric; Michel, François (2007). "Une espèce jumelle méconnue du genre Archon Hübner, 1822 (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae)" [A previously overlooked sibling species in the genus Archon Hübner, 1822 (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae)]. Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France. 112 (2): 141–150. Bibcode:2007AnSEF.112..141C. doi:10.3406/bsef.2007.16414.
  6. 1 2 3 Sperling, Felix; Nazari, Vazrick (2007). "Mitochondrial DNA divergence and phylogeography in western Palaearctic Parnassiinae (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae): How many species are there?" (PDF). Insect Systematics & Evolution. 38 (2): 121–138. doi:10.1163/187631207788783996. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2007-08-12.
  7. ↑ Staudinger, O. (1892). "Neue Arten und Varietäten von Lepidopteren des paläarktischen Faunengebiets". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 4 (2): 241–296, pl. 3 [partim] – via BHL. via ZOBODAT
  8. ↑ Herbst, J. F. W. (1798) Band 9. Schmetterlinge. Pauli, Berlin.
  9. ↑ de Freina, Josef J.; Naderi, Ali R. (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)" (PDF). Atalanta. 34 (3/4): 429–434.


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