Allancastria caucasica
| Allancastria caucasica | |
|---|---|
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| Museum specimen. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Allancastria |
| Species: | A.caucasica |
| Binomial name | |
| Allancastria caucasica Lederer, 1864 | |
Allancastria caucasica, sometimes referred to as Zerynthia caucasica, is an Old World papilionid butterfly whose geographical range extends from the Black Sea and southern Russia (southern Caucasus Mountains) to Georgia and northeast Turkey. It exhibits several geographical variants. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
It feeds on Aristolochia species.[2]
References
- ↑ Van Swaay, C.A.M. & Warren, M.S. (2000). "Zerynthia caucasica". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2000: e.T39482A10240917. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T39482A10240917.en. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- ↑ Insect Systematics & Evolution. Apollo Books. 2007. p. 122.
- Carbonell, F., 1996. Contribution à la connaissance du genre Allancastria Bryk (1934): Morphologie, biologie et écologie d’Allancastria cretica (Rebel, 1904) (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Linneana Belgica 15: 303-308.
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