Archon bostanchii

Archon bostanchii[1] is a species of false Apollo butterfly (genus Archon) belonging to the Parnassiinae or snow Apollo subfamily. This recently described papilionid is endemic to Iran.

Archon bostanchii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Archon
Species:
A. bostanchii
Binomial name
Archon bostanchii
de Freina & Naderi, 2004

Footnotes

  1. Described by Josef De Freina & Alireza Naderi 2003. Reclassified vide Atalanta 34:431

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.


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