- Archon (butterfly)
Taxobox
name = "Archon"
image_caption = An "Archon apollinus " specimen from Syria
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
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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