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.