Archon is a genus of Palaearctic swallowtail butterflies in the subfamily Parnassiinae. Traditionally, only two species have been known: Archon apollinus and Archon apollinaris. Recent studies, however, have given specific status to a third taxon, Archon bostanchii.
Archon | |
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Archon apollinus specimen from Syria | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Papilionidae |
Tribe: | Luehdorfiini |
Genus: | Archon Hübner, 1822 |
Species | |
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The genus consists of the following species:[1][2]
Larvae | Butterfly | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Archon apollinaris - (Staudinger, 1892)[3] | Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. | ||
Archon apollinus - (Herbst, 1789)[4] | Central and Eastern Europe and West Asia. | ||
Archon bostanchii - (de Freina & Naderi, 2003)[5] | Iran. |
Species from this genus feed on Aristolochia species.