''Allancastria'' is a genus of Palaearctic
swallowtail butterflies
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
in the subfamily
Parnassiinae
The Parnassiinae or snow Apollos are a subfamily of the swallowtail butterfly family, Papilionidae.
The subfamily includes about 50 medium-sized, white or yellow species. The snow Apollos are high-altitude butterflies and are distributed across ...
. 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
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TOLNHM
Nomenclature.
Papilionidae
Butterfly genera
Taxa named by Felix Bryk
Taxa described in 1832
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