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Zerynthia caucasica (Caucasian Festoon)

Synonyms: Thais caucasica (homotypic); Thais cerisyi caucasica; Zerynthia cerisyi abanti

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
View Wikipedia Record: Zerynthia caucasica

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Zerynthia caucasica

Prey / Diet

Aristolochia iberica[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0