Archon apollinus
| False Apollo | |
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| Archon apollinus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Archon |
| Species: | A. apollinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Archon apollinus (Herbst, 1789) | |
The False Apollo, Archon apollinus is a species of butterfly belonging to the Parnassinae Subfamily.
The species is found in Central and Eastern Europe and West Asia. They are found in Greece, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Israel and Lebanon, and like others of the family show considerable variation with four or five subspecies. A morphologically similar species Archon apollinaris has been recently separated and has been found to by sympatric and reproductively isolated.
Older individuals often lose their scales, especially on the forewings, and appear very transparent.
The larvae feed on species of Aristolochia including A. poecilantha, A. parviflora, A. bodamae, A. hirta, A. bottae, A. auricularia, A. rotunda, A. sempervirens, A. maurorum and A. billardieri.
Gallery
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A. a. apollinus ♂ - Turkey MHNT
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A. a. apollinus ♂ △ - Turkey MHNT
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A. a. apollinus ♀ - Turkey MHNT
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A. a. apollinus ♀ △ - Turkey MHNT
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A a. bellargus - Adana, Turkey
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A rubra specimen from Aintab, Turkey Ulster Museum
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Female specimen from Beirut
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Male specimen from Beirut
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Race amasina from Amasya, Turkey
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Race krystallina from Jerusalem
Footage of False apollo
Males fighting and egg deposition
References
- Nazari, Vazrick and Carbonell, Frédéric. 2006. Archon apollinus (Herbst, 1789). Version 7 July 2006 (under construction). in The Tree of Life Web Project,