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Allancastria Polyxena
''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: * '' Allancastria caucasica'' - (Lederer, 1864) * '' Allancastria cerisyi'' - ( Godart, 1824) eastern festoon * '' Allancastria cretica'' - (Rebel, 1904) * '' Allancastria deyrollei'' - (Oberthür, 1869) * '' Allancastria louristana'' - (Le Cerf, 1908) Food plant Species in this genus feed on ''Aristolochia ''Aristolochia'' () is a large plant genus with over 500 species that is the type genus of the family Aristolochiaceae. Its members are commonly known as birthwort, pipevine or Dutchman's pipe and are widespread and occur in the most diverse clim ...'' species. References External links *TOL [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allancastria Cerisyi
''Allancastria cerisyi'', the eastern festoon, is an Old World papilionid butterfly whose geographical range extends from the Balkans to include Turkey and the near Middle East. It exhibits several geographical variants. It is named for Alexandre Louis Lefèbvre de Cérisy. The wingspan is . Description in Seitz T. cerisyi God. (9d). Closely resembling in colour and pattern the male of '' Sericinus'', being like this spotted with black on a pale yellow ground, the hindwing bearing traces of red near the middle of the costal margin and at the anal angle. Hindwing with only one strongly prominent tooth. Balcan States, Greece and Asia Minor; not so common as ''polyxena'', occurring from April till early June, being still earlier in the southern districts. — The female varies very much ; specimens which are very strongly spotted with black are sold by dealers as ab. ''obscurior'' (9d), in ''albidior'' (9e) the ground-colour is white, in ''ochracea'' (9e) bright yellow, and in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allancastria Cretica
''Allancastria cretica'' is a butterfly belonging to the family Swallowtail butterfly, Papilionidae. It was described by Hans Rebel, Rebel in 1904. It is found only on the Greece, Greek island of Crete where it is, then, an Endemism, endemic species. The taxon was originally described as a variation of ''Allancastria cerisyi'', then treated as its subspecies. The ''Allancastria cretica'' imago is a medium-sized ( long., white to ochre-white butterfly with black markings, a line of submaginal scallops, and a few red dots on the hindwings. Seitz_-''cretica'' Reb. (9e) occurs on Grete and some Greek islands; a sparsely marked form in which the three teeth of the hindwing mentioned above (''A.cerisyi'') are indicated only by black curved lines, the edge of the wing not being distinctly excised. Not so common as ''cerisyi''.Adalbert Seitz, Seitz. A. in Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, ''Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter'', 1909, 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |