Archon (butterfly)

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.

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

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Taxonomy

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

LarvaeButterflyScientific nameDistribution
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.

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 Archived June 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (in English)
  2. Catalogue of Life:2009; Geraadpleegd op 20-11-2009 (in English)
  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
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