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Allancastria louristana Le Cerf, 1908

Vazrick Nazari and Frédéric Carbonell
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Containing group: Allancastria

Introduction

The life history and genitalia of A. louristana (Type locality: Louristan, “Perse”) have been studied by Carbonell (1996a). Blom and Eisner (1979) described A. l. boyrahmadensis (Type locality: Yasuj, Iran) based on differences in a few morphological characters; this name was later synonymized with the nominal population (Carbonell, 1996a; Nazari, 2003). Carbonell and Karbalaye (1998) map the records of A. louristana (and some other Aristolochia-feeding species), in relation to the distribution of Aristolochia in Iran.

Geographical Distribution

The range of A. louristana is restricted to western Iran.

Larval Food Plant

Aristolochia olivieri, as well as the recently recorded Aristolochia bottae (from the northen part of the distribution of Allancastria louristana) are known as the larval food plants of this species (Carbonell, 1996a, 1996b).

References

Blom, W., Eisner, C., 1979. Parnassiana nova LV. Allancastria louristana boyrahmadensis subsp. nov. Zoologische Mededelingen 54: 276-278.

Carbonell, F., Karbalaye, A., 1998. Contribution à la connaissance des genres Allancastria Bryk, 1934 et Archon Hübner, 1822 en Iran (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Linneana Belgica 16: 245-248.

Carbonell, F., 1996a. Contribution à la connaissance du genre Allancastria Bryk (1934): Morphologie, biologie et écologie d’Allancastria louristana (Le Cerf, 1908) (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Linneana Belgica 15: 231-236.

Carbonell, F., 1996b. Contribution à la connaissance du genre Allancastria Bryk (1934): Morphologie, biologie et écologie d’Allancastria cretica (Rebel, 1904) (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Linneana Belgica 15: 303-308.

Le Cerf, F., 1908. Description d’une variété nouvelle de Thais cerisyi God. (Lép.). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 1908: 21-22.

Nazari, V., 2003. Butterflies of Iran. Dayereye-Sabz Publications, Tehran.

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Scientific Name Allancastria louristana
Location Fars, Iran
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Sex Male
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Scientific Name Allancastria louristana
Location Fars, Iran
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Sex Female
Copyright © 2006
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Vazrick Nazari
Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Ottawa, Canada


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