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Archon Hübner, 1822: Archon Hübner, 1822; Syst.-alph. Verz.: 2, 6, 8, 9, TS: Papilio thia Hübner

Archon apollinus (Herbst, 1789)

Bulgaria, Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine, Mesopotamia. See [About maps] False Apollo
Papilio apollinus Herbst, 1789; : 156, pl. 250, f. 5-8
pythius (Esper, 1805)
Papilio thia Hübner, [1805-1806]; Samml. eur. Schmett. [1] : pl. 124 (1805-1806), f. 635-636
bellargus (Staudinger, [1892])
amasina (Staudinger, 1901)
Doritis apollinus var. thracica Buresch, 1915; Spis. bulg. Akad. Nauk. 12: 39, TL: Turkey, Kuru Dagi above Kesan
armeniaca Sheljuzhko, 1925
wyatti Koçak, 1977
annii Ondrias, Koutsaftikis & Douma-Petridou, 1979
lichyi Carbonell & Brévignon, 1983
nikodemusi Stüning & Wagener, 1989
Archon apollinus druzica de Freina & Leestmans, 2002; Linneana Belgica 19 (1): (21-34)
Archon apollinus, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Archon apollinus, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]
Archon apollinus, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]
thracica ; Abadjiev, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 8
Archon apollinus ; [BOW: pl. 1, f. 2]; [Otakar Kudrna]; Carbonell & Michel, 2007, Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 112 (2): 141 (note)

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500x396 (~88Kb) Turunc, SW Turkey 11/04/95, Photo © Simon Coombes

Larva on Aristolochia hastata [H&R]

Larva on Aristolochia poecilanta, A. scarabidula, Aristolochia parvifolia, A. clematis [BHR]

Archon apollinaris (Staudinger, [1892])

E.Turkey, NE.Irak, Iran. See [About maps] pallidior (Spuler, 1892)
Archon apollinaris ; Carbonell & Michel, 2007, Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 112 (2): 141 (note)

Archon bostanchii de Freina & Naderi, 2004

Iran (Lorestan). See [About maps] Archon apollinaris bostanchii de Freina & Naderi, 2004; Atalanta 34 (3/4): (429-434), TL: Pol-e-Dokhtar, 900m, Lorestan, Iran
Archon bostanchii ; Carbonell & Michel, 2007, Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 112 (2): 141

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References:

[About maps]: Warning! The maps are automaticly generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[BHR]: D'Abrera; Butterflies of the Holarctic Region, Part I-III
[BOW]: Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X
[H&R]: Higgins, L.G, Riley, N.D, 1970; A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Europe
[HBN]: Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[MBE]: Moths and Butteflies of Europe; Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/
[Mario Maier]: Europäische Schmetterlinge; e-mail: Mario Maier
[Simon Coombes]: 1 Park Street, Plymouth, PL3 4BL, UK; 01752 607854; e-mail: Simon Coombes; http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk

Some related literature:

Abadjiev, 2002: Types of Balkan butterflies in the collection of The Natural History Museum, London Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 3-53
Buresch, 1915: Beitrag zur Lepidopterenfauna von Thrazien und Mazedonion Spis. bulg. Akad. Nauk. 12: 37-54
Carbonell & Michel, 2007: Une espèce jumelle méconnue du genre Archon Hübner, 1822 (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae) Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 112 (2): 141-150
de Freina & Leestmans, 2002: Une nouvelle sous-espèce mélanisante d'Archon apollinus (Herbst, 1798) dans de Sud syrien et données sur la répartition générale des taxa du genre Archon Hübner, 1822 Linneana Belgica 19 (1): 21-34
de Freina & Naderi, 2004: Beschreibung einer neuen Unterart von Archon apollinaris (Staudinger, [1892]) aus dem südwestlichen Zentral-Zagros, bostanchii subspec. nov., mit ergänzenden Angaben zur Gesamtverbreitung der Art (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) Atalanta 34 (3/4): 429-434
Hübner, [1805-1806]: Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge. I. Papiliones - Falter ("Erste Band") Samml. eur. Schmett. [1] (Ziefer?): 3-74, : pl. 1-88, f. 1-446 (1799-1800), pl. 89-96, f. 447-490 (1800-1803), pl. 97-114, f. 491-588 (1803-1804), pl. 115-119, f. 589-612 (1805), pl. 120-124, f. 613-636 (1805-1806), pl. 125-128, f. 637-652 (1806-1808), pl. 129-144, f. 653-727 (1808-1813), pl. 145-147, f. 728-741 (1814-1816), pl. 148-150, f. 742-756 (1816-1817), pl. 151, f. 757-762 (1818-1819), pl. 152-154, f. 757-774 (1819-1822), pl. 155, f. 775-778 (1822-1823), pl. 156-161, f. 779-806 (1823), pl. 162-175, f. 807-874 (1823-1824), pl. 176, f. 869-874 (1824-1825), pl. 177-181, f. 875-895 (1825-1826), (Geyer), pl. 182-187, f. 896-981 (1827-1828), pl. 188-195, f. 922-968 (1828-1832), pl. 196, f. 969-974 (1832-1833), pl. 197-201, f. 975-997 (1834-1836), pl. 202-203, f. 998-1009 (1836-1838), pl. 204-207, f. 1010-1029 (1837-1838)
Hübner, 1822: Systematisch-alphabetisches Verzeichniss aller bisher bey den Fürbildungen zur Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge angegebenen Gattungsbenennungen; mit Vormerkung auch augsburgischer Gattungen, von Jacob Hübner Syst.-alph. Verz.: [I-III], IV-VI, [1]-2-81

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