Archon (butterfly) explained

Archon is a genus of Palaearctic swallowtail butterflies in the subfamily Parnassiinae. Traditionally, only two species have been recognized: Archon apollinus and Archon apollinaris. Recent studies, however, have given specific status to a third taxon, Archon bostanchii, and suggested that further subspecies could warrant recognition as species.

Taxonomy

The genus consists of the following species:

Larvae	Butterfly	Scientific name	Distribution
		Archon apollinaris (Staudinger, 1892)^[1]	Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey.
		Archon apollinus (Herbst, 1789)^[2]	Central and Eastern Europe and West Asia.
		Archon bostanchii de Freina & Naderi, 2003^[3]	Iran.

Food plants

Species from this genus feed on Aristolochia species.

Notes and References

1. Staudinger . O. . 1892 . Neue Arten und Varietäten von Lepidopteren des paläarktischen Faunengebiets . Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift . 4 . 2 . 241–296; pl. 3 [partim] . BHL . via ZOBODAT
2. Herbst, J. F. W. (1798) Band 9. Schmetterlinge. Pauli, Berlin.
3. 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 .