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Allancastria cerisyi

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Papilionidae

Scientific name
  
Allancastria cerisyi

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Allancastria

Rank
  
Species

Allancastria cerisyi Oostelijke pijpbloemvlinder Eastern Festoon Allancastria cerisyi

Similar
  
Allancastria, Zerynthia, Archon apollinus, Zerynthia polyxena, Allancastria deyrollei

allancastria cerisyi


Allancastria cerisyi, the eastern festoon, is an Old World papilionid butterfly whose geographical range extends from the Balkans to include Turkey and the near Middle East. It exhibits several geographical variants.

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It is named for Alexandre Louis Lefèbvre de Cérisy.

The wingspan is 52–62 mm. The butterfly flies from March to July depending on the location.

The larvae feed on various Aristolochia species.

Synonymy/subspecies

Allancastria cerisyi (Godart, 1824)

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  • Thais cerisyi Godart, 1824; Ency. Methodique 9: 812
  • Thais cerisy Godart, 1822; Mém. Soc. linn. Paris 2: 234, pl. 20, f. 3-4

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    Allancastria cerisyi Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa

  • Thais cerisyi martini Fruhstorfer, 1906 Soc. Ent. 21 (19): 147, Type locality Rhodos
  • martini Abadjiev, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 8
  • A. c. dalmacijae Sala & Bollino, 1994 Dalmatia (Makarska) Type Locality Makarska, Dalmatia, Croatia
  • A. c. huberi Sala & Bollino, 1994 N.Greece Type Locality Greece, Florina
  • A. c. ferdinandi Stichel, 1907 Albania Bulgaria Type locality Bulgaria
  • A. c. mihljevici Sijaric, 1990 Hercegowina Type Loality Hercegovina

    • Literature

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  • Abadjiev, 2002 Types of Balkan butterflies in the collection of The Natural History Museum, London Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 3-53
  • Fruhstorfer, 1906 Eine neue Thais von Rhodos Soc. Ent. 21 (19): 147-148
  • Sala & Bollino, 1994 Allancastria cerisyi Godart, 1922 in the Balkans: News subspecies and critical notes on the existing populations Atalanta 25 (1/2): 151-160
  • Sijaric, 1990 Taxonomska istrazivania i nove podvrste vrsta roda Zerynthia ne nekim podrucijima Jugoslavije Glasn. zemelj. Mus. Bosni Herceg. (n.s.) 28 (1989): 177-208
  • Stichel, 1907 Neue Unterarten von Zerynthia cerisyi God. Ent. Z. 21: 177-178

    • References

    Allancastria cerisyi Wikipedia
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