Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Papilionidae Scientific name Allancastria caucasica | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Allancastria Rank Species | |
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Similar Allancastria, Allancastria deyrollei, Allancastria cerisyi, Parnassius nordmanni, Archon apollinaris | ||
Allancastria caucasica, sometimes referred to as Zerynthia caucasica, is an Old World papilionid butterfly whose geographical range extends from the Black Sea and southern Russia (southern Caucasus Mountains) to Georgia and northeast Turkey. It exhibits several geographical variants. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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