Archon (butterfly)

Archon (butterfly)

Taxobox
name = "Archon"


image_caption = An "Archon apollinus" specimen from Syria
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Papilionidae
subfamilia = Parnassiinae
genus = "Archon"
genus_authority = Hübner, 1822
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Archon apollinus" "Archon apollinaris" "Archon bostanchii"

"Archon" is a genus of Palaearctic swallowtail butterflies in the subfamily Parnassiiinae. 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".

References

* Carbonell, F., 1991. Contribution à la connaissance du genre "Archon" Hübner 1822: Découverte de zones de sympatrie pour "Archon apollinus" (Herbst) et "Archon apollinaris" Staudinger (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Linneana Belgica 13: 3-12.
* Carbonell, F. and Michel, M., 2007. Une espèce jumelle méconnue du genre "Archon" Hübner, 1822 (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 112 (2), 2007 : 141-150.
*Nazari, V. and Sperling, F.A.H., 2007. Mitochondrial DNA divergence and phylogeography in western Palaearctic Parnassiinae (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae): How many species are there? Insect Systematics & Evolution 38: 121-138. [http://www.uoguelph.ca/~vnazari/Nazari-Sperling-2006.pdf pdf]

External links

* [http://tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html Tree of Life]


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