Allancastria cretica
| Allancastria cretica | |
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| Museum specimen. Crete. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Allancastria |
| Species: | A.cretica |
| Binomial name | |
| Allancastria cretica Rebel, 1904 | |
Allancastria cretica is a butterfly belonging to the family Papilionidae. It is found only on the Greek island of Crete where it is, then, an endemic species.
References
- Carbonell, F., 1996 Contribution à la connaissance du genre Allancastria Bryk (1934): Morphologie, biologie et écologie d’Allancastria cretica (Rebel, 1904) (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Linneana Belgica 15: 303-308.
- Hürter, W., 2001. Ein Beitrag zur Biologie einiger Populationen des Zerynthia (Allancastria) Artenkreises in der östlichen Mediterraneis (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 111: 8-17.