''Allancastria lourisitana'' is a butterfly belonging to the family

Papilionidae Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species. Though the majority are tropical, members of the family inhabit every continent except Antarctica. The family includes the larges ...

. It is found only in western

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

References

*Carbonell, F., Karbalaye, A., 1998. Contribution à la connaissance des genres ''Allancastria'' Bryk, 1934 et ''Archon'' Hübner, 1822 en Iran (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). ''Linneana Belgica'' 16: 245-248. *Carbonell, F., 1996a. Contribution à la connaissance du genre ''Allancastria'' Bryk (1934): Morphologie, biologie et écologie d’''Allancastria louristana'' (Le Cerf, 1908) (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). ''Linneana Belgica'' 15: 231-236. *Carbonell, F., 1996b. 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. *Le Cerf, F., 1908. Description d’une variété nouvelle de ''Thais cerisyi'' God. (Lép.). ''Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France'' 1908: 21-22.Description. *Nazari, V., 2003. ''Butterflies of Iran''. Dayereye-Sabz Publications, Tehran.

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Papilionidae Butterflies of Asia Taxa named by Ferdinand Le Cerf Butterflies described in 1908 {{papilionidae-stub