Allancastria Explained

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.

External links

• • TOL
• Parnassius of the World
• NHM Nomenclature.

Notes and References

1. http://www.uoguelph.ca/~vnazari/Nazari_et_al_2006_MP_E.pdf 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
2. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/browse_taxa.php?selected_taxon=24131 Catalogue of Life:2009; Geraadpleegd op 20-11-2009
3. Lederer, J. (1864) Zur Lepidopteren-Fauna von Imeretien und Grusien. Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift 8 (5): 165-172; pl. 3.
4. Rebel, Hans (1904) [Neue Lokalform von Thais cerisyi]. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 54: 2-3
5. Oberthür, C. (1869) [Thais deyrollei]. Petites Nouv. ent. 1: (3) or (7)
6. 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.