Archon bostanchii - a species of day butterflies from the family of sailing ships .
| Archon bostanchii |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Subtype : | Tracheo-breathing |
| Infraclass : | Winged insects |
| Treasure : | Fully Transformed Insects |
| Squadron : | Amphiesmenoptera |
| Infrastructure : | Butterflies |
| Treasure : | Double-breasted |
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| International scientific name |
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Archon Bostanchii (de Freina & Naderi, 2003) |
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The main background of the wings is pale yellow. Females are larger than males. On the wings are black, red and blue spots. The front wing is triangular, wide. The outer edge of the wings is rounded. The lower wings are rounded. The eyes are smooth, large, equipped with small tubercles on which short setae sit. Antenna club-shaped, relatively short (1/3 - 1/4 of the length of the costal margin of the front wing).
Endemic of Iran . Known only from the typical locality: Iran, Lurestan , Pol-e-Dokhtar, where it is locally found on semi-arid rocky slopes at an altitude of about 900 meters above sea level [1] [2] .
Butterflies lead an exclusively daily lifestyle and are active only in sunny weather. Needing additional nutrition, they willingly visit flowering plants. Develops in one generation in a year. Caterpillars feed on plants of the genus Aristolochia : Aristolochia olivieri [3] .
- ↑ Frankenbach T., Bollino M., Racheli T., Bauer E. Keltern. Butterflies of the world Part 36, Papilionidae 14, Hypermnestra, Luehdorfiini, Zerynthiini. Keltern, Goecke & Evers, 2012
- ↑ de Freina, JJ, Naderi, AR, 2003 - Beschreibung einer neuen Unterart von Archon apollinaris (Staudinger, (1892) aus dem suedwestlichen Zentral Zagros, bostanchii subspec. Nov., Mit ergaenzenden Angaben zur Gesamtiernidaperidapideridapideperidapideperidapideperidapideperideperidap ). Atalanta (Marktlruthen) 34: 429-434, 474-477
- ↑ Carbonell F., 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