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.
References
- 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.
- Van Swaay, C.A.M. & Warren, M.S. 2000. Zerynthia caucasica. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 31 July 2007.
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