''Archon'' is a genus of
Palaearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Si ...
swallowtail butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises t ...
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 ...
. 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''.
Taxonomy
The genus consists of the following species:
Catalogue of Life:2009; Geraadpleegd op 20-11-2009
Food plants
Species from 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 clima ...
'' species.
Notes
References
* Carbonell, F., 1991. Contribution à la connaissance du genre ''Archon
''Archon'' ( gr, ἄρχων, árchōn, plural: ἄρχοντες, ''árchontes'') is a Greek word that means "ruler", frequently used as the title of a specific public office. It is the masculine present participle of the verb stem αρχ-, mean ...
'' 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
''Archon'' ( gr, ἄρχων, árchōn, plural: ἄρχοντες, ''árchontes'') is a Greek word that means "ruler", frequently used as the title of a specific public office. It is the masculine present participle of the verb stem αρχ-, mean ...
'' 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
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External links
Papilionidae
Butterfly genera
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
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