Allancastria (Genus)

Overview

Allancastria is a genus of Palaearctic butterflies in the subfamily Parnassiinae. Five species are known.The genus has a complex history.Details are given on the talk page[1]

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
    - Branch: Protostomia Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
      - Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
        Superphylum: Panarthropoda Cuvier
        Phylum: Arthropoda Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
        Subphylum: Mandibulata Snodgrass, 1938
        Infraphylum: Atelocerata Heymons, 1901
        Superclass: Panhexapoda
        Class: Insecta C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
        Subclass: Dicondylia
        Infraclass: Pterygota - Winged Insects
        Cohort: Myoglossata
        Order: Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 - Butterflies and Moths
        Infraorder: Heteroneura - a genus of Longhorned Beetles (Cerambycidae)
        Family: Papilionidae Latreille, 1809 - Swallowtails
        Subfamily: Parnassiinae - Parnassians
        Tribe: Zerynthiini
        Genus: Allancastria

The Genus Allancastria is further organized into finer groupings including:

Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 38 species and subspecies in the Genus Allancastria: A. abanti · A. albidior · A. boyrahmadiensis · A. caucasica · A. cerisy · A. cerisyi cerisyi · A. cerisyi ferdinandi · A. charis · A. completa · A. cretica · A. cypria · A. deflexa · A. deyrollei · A. divisa · A. eisneri · A. ferdinandi · A. flavomaculata · A. goeksui · A. grotei · A. hermanni · A. kocaki · A. koroneii · A. lycaoniae · A. margarethae · A. martini · A. melaina · A. mysiensis · A. nigripuncta · A. obscurior · A. ochracea · A. pallidior · A. parnassoides · A. rubrocatenaria · A. scholzi · A. separata · A. speciosa · A. spoliata · A. subflava

References

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Nazari, V., Zakharov, E.V., Sperling, F.A.H., 2007. Phylogeny, historical biogeography, and taxonomic ranking of Parnassiinae (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae) based on morphology and seven genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 42: 131-156.[2] pdf

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