Allancastria
Genus of butterflies
| Allancastria | |
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| Allancastria cerisyi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Tribe: | Zerynthiini |
| Genus: | Allancastria Bryk, 1932 |
| Species | |
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Allancastria is a genus of Palaearctic swallowtail butterflies in the subfamily Parnassiinae. Five species are known. The genus has a complex history.
Taxonomy
The genus consists of the following species:[1][2]
- Allancastria caucasica - (Lederer, 1864)[3]
- Allancastria cerisyi - (Godart, 1824) eastern festoon
- Allancastria cretica - (Rebel, 1904)[4]
- Allancastria deyrollei - (Oberthür, 1869)[5]
- Allancastria louristana - (Le Cerf, 1908)[6]
Food plant
Species in this genus feed on Aristolochia species.
References
- ^ 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)
- ^ Catalogue of Life:2009; Geraadpleegd op 20-11-2009[permanent dead link] (in English)
- ^ Lederer, J. (1864) Zur Lepidopteren-Fauna von Imeretien und Grusien. Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift 8 (5): 165-172; pl. 3.
- ^ Rebel, Hans (1904) [Neue Lokalform von Thais cerisyi]. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 54: 2-3
- ^ Oberthür, C. (1869) [Thais deyrollei]. Petites Nouv. ent. 1: (3) or (7)
- ^ Le Cerf, F. (1908) Description d'une variété nouvelle de Thais Cerisyi God. (Lép.). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 1908 (2): 21-22.
External links
Media related to Allancastria at Wikimedia Commons- TOL
- Parnassius of the World
- NHM Nomenclature.
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