Sunday, January 17, 2016

Allancastria caucasica

  Allancastria caucasica, sometimes referred to as Zerynthia caucasica, is an Old World papilionid butterfly whose geographical range extends from the Black Sea and southern Russia (southern Caucasus Mountains) to Georgia and northeast Turkey. It exhibits several geographical variants. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

  • Original Name: "Зеринтия кавказская"
  • Country: USSR
  • Year: 1986-03-18
  • Series: Butterflies, IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals
  • Perforation: comb 12
  • Printing: Offset lithography
  • Size: 40 x 28 mm
  • Face value: 5 kop
  • Number of catalogue Michel: SU 5585