Zerynthia
Sign in to saveZerynthia is a genus of swallowtail butterflies placed in the subfamily Parnassiinae. The genus has a complex history; a multiplicity of names have been applied to its species.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyPapilionidae
Zerynthia es un género de lepidópteros ditrisios de la familia Papilionidae, subfamilia Parnassiinae, propios de la región Paleártica occidental.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 18
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Papilionidae
- Collections
- UMNH, MNHN, VPI, NHMUK, MZLU
- Recorded in
- Hungary, Turkey, Austria, France, Iraq, Bulgaria, Italy, Greece
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Zerynthiini
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- Zerynthia
- topic's main category
- Category:Zerynthia
- taxon name
- Zerynthia
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon common name
- zygzakowiec
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Zerynthia is a genus of swallowtail butterflies placed in the subfamily Parnassiinae. The genus has a complex history; a multiplicity of names have been applied to its species.
== Species == Zerynthia consists of the following species: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Eggs !! Caterpillar !! Butterfly !! Scientific name !! Distribution |- |120px ||120px||120px || Zerynthia polyxena - (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) || southern Europe (southeastern France, Italy, Slovakia and Greece) covering all the Balkans and reaching the south of Kazakhstan and the Urals. |- |120px ||120px ||120px || Zerynthia rumina - (Linnaeus, 1758) ||North Africa, the Iberian Peninsula and southern France. |- |}
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