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Allancastria cretica

Allancastria cretica
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Museum specimen. Crete.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Allancastria
Species: A. cretica
Binomial name
Allancastria cretica
Rebel, 1904

Allancastria cretica is a butterfly belonging to the family Papilionidae. It was described by Rebel in 1904. It is found only on the Greek island of Crete where it is, then, an endemic species. The species is 50–60 millimetres (2.0–2.4 in) long.


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