Zerynthia (Allancastria)

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Papilionidae
Subfamilia: Parnassiinae
Tribus: Luehdorfiini
Genus: Zerynthia
Subgenus: Zerynthia (Allancastria)
Species:

Z. (A.) caucasica - Z. (A.) cerisy - Z. (A.) cretica - Z. (A.) deyrollei - Z. (A.) louristana

Name

Zerynthia (Allancastria) Bryk, 1934
References

Sala, G. & M. Bollino, 1994: Allancastria cerisyi Godart, 1822 in the Balkans: New subspecies and critical notes on the existing populations (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae). Atalanta 25 (1-2): 151–160.
Allancastria is a subgenus of Palaearctic swallowtail butterflies in the subfamily Parnassiinae. Five species are known. The genus has a complex history.

Taxonomy

The genus consists of the following species:[1][2]

Allancastria caucasica - (Lederer, 1864)[3]
Allancastria cerisyi - (Godart, 1824) eastern festoon
Allancastria cretica - (Rebel, 1904)[4]
Allancastria deyrollei - (Oberthür, 1869)[5]
Allancastria louristana - (Le Cerf, 1908)[6]

Food plant

Species in this genus feed on Aristolochia species.
References

Nazari, V., Zakharov, E.V., and Sperling, F.A.H., 2007. Phylogeny, historical biogeography, and taxonomic ranking of Parnassiinae (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae) based on morphology and seven genes. Molecular phylogenetics and Evolution, 42: 131-156 Archived June 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (in English)
Catalogue of Life:2009; Geraadpleegd op 20-11-2009[permanent dead link] (in English)
Lederer, J. (1864) Zur Lepidopteren-Fauna von Imeretien und Grusien. Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift 8 (5): 165-172; pl. 3.
Rebel, Hans (1904) [Neue Lokalform von Thais cerisyi]. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 54: 2-3
Oberthür, C. (1869) [Thais deyrollei]. Petites Nouv. ent. 1: (3) or (7)
Le Cerf, F. (1908) Description d'une variété nouvelle de Thais Cerisyi God. (Lép.). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 1908 (2): 21-22.