''Archon'' is a genus of

Palaearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...

swallowtail butterflies in the subfamily

Parnassiinae The Parnassiinae or snow Apollos are a subfamily of the swallowtail butterfly family, Papilionidae. The subfamily includes about 50 medium-sized, white or yellow species. The snow Apollos are high-altitude butterflies and are distributed across ...

. Traditionally, only two species have been known: ''

Archon apollinus ''Archon apollinus'', the false Apollo, 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 Lebano ...

'' and '' Archon apollinaris''. Recent studies, however, have given specific status to a third taxon, '' Archon bostanchii''.

Taxonomy

The genus consists of the following species:Catalogue of Life:2009; Geraadpleegd op 20-11-2009

Food plants

Species from this genus feed on '' Aristolochia'' species.

Notes

References

* Carbonell, F., 1991. Contribution à la connaissance du genre '' Archon'' Hübner 1822: Découverte de zones de sympatrie pour ''

'' (Herbst) et '' Archon apollinaris'' Staudinger (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Linneana Belgica 13: 3-12. * Carbonell, F. and 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. *Nazari, V. and Sperling, F.A.H., 2007. Mitochondrial DNA divergence and phylogeography in western Palaearctic Parnassiinae (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae): How many species are there? Insect Systematics & Evolution 38: 121-138
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Papilionidae Butterfly genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner {{Papilionidae-stub