Biology:Archon bostanchii

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Archon bostanchii
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Archon
Species:
A. bostanchii
Binomial name
Archon bostanchii
de Freina & Naderi, 2004[1]
Synonyms

Archon apollinaris bostanchii de Freina & Naderi, 2003[1]

Archon bostanchii is a species of false Apollo butterfly (genus Archon) belonging to the Parnassiinae or snow Apollo subfamily. This papilionid is endemic to Iran.[2][3][4] It was originally described as a subspecies of Archon apollinaris but subsequently recognized as a full species.[2][3][4]

The forewing length is 16.5–20 mm (0.65–0.79 in).[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 de Freina, Josef J.; Naderi, Ali R. (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. https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Atalanta_34_0429-0434.pdf. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Savela, Markku. "Archon Hübner, 1822". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. https://nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/papilionidae/parnassiinae/archon/. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Carbonell, Frédéric; Michel, François (2007). "Une espèce jumelle méconnue du genre Archon Hübner, 1822 (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae)". Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 112 (2): 141–150. doi:10.3406/bsef.2007.16414. https://www.persee.fr/doc/bsef_0037-928x_2007_num_112_2_16414. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Sperling, Felix; Nazari, Vazrick (2007). "Mitochondrial DNA divergence and phylogeography in western Palaearctic Parnassiinae (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae): How many species are there?". Insect Systematics & Evolution 38 (2): 121–138. doi:10.1163/187631207788783996. 

Wikidata ☰ Q655002 entry