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Archon apollinus
| False Apollo | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Archon |
| Species: | A. apollinus
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| Binomial name | |
| Archon apollinus (Herbst, 1789)
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Archon apollinus, the false Apollo, is a species of butterfly belonging to the Parnassinae subfamily.
The species is found in Central and Eastern Europe and West Asia. They are found in Greece, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Israel and Lebanon, and like others of the family show considerable variation with four or five subspecies. A morphologically similar species Archon apollinaris has been recently separated and has been found to be sympatric and reproductively isolated.
- ^ Gimenez Dixon, M. (1996). "Archon apollinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T171925A6809917. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T171925A6809917.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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