Allancastria caucasica, sometimes referred to as Zerynthia caucasica, is an Old World papilionid butterfly whose geographical range extends from the Black Sea and southern Russia (southern Caucasus Mountains) to Georgia and northeast Turkey. It exhibits several geographical variants. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Allancastria |
| Species: | A. caucasica
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| Binomial name | |
| Allancastria caucasica Lederer, 1864
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It feeds on Aristolochia species.[2]
It was described as a variety then a subspecies of Allancastria cerisyi see that species for the differentiation.
References
edit- ^ Van Swaay, C.A.M. & Warren, M.S. (2000). "Zerynthia caucasica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T39482A10240917. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T39482A10240917.en.
- ^ Insect Systematics & Evolution. Apollo Books. 2007. p. 122.
- 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.
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