Archon bostanchii

Archon bostanchii[1] is a species of false Apollo butterfly (genus Archon) belonging to the Parnassiinae or snow Apollo subfamily. This recently described papilionid is endemic to Iran.

Archon bostanchii
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A. bostanchii
Binomial name
Archon bostanchii
de Freina & Naderi, 2004

Footnotes

  1. Described by Josef De Freina & Alireza Naderi 2003. Reclassified vide Atalanta 34:431

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.


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