Armenia Post issued the fauna series of butterflies-moth on year 1998, featured Papilio alexanor and Rethera komarovi. The stamp set comprised of two stamps.
Papilio alexanor, the Alexanor, is a protected butterfly species in the Papilionidae or swallowtails.It is also called Southern Swallowtail . It is a very grand butterfly from Palaearctic ecozone (Asia).
With a wingspan of 7.0 – 8.0 cm the Southern Swallowtail is a small member of the family PAPILIONIDAE. The butterfly is yellowish with typical black tiger-strips. Hind wings have long tails.
Papilio alexanor has a small area of distribution and is rare.It flies from April to July in a single generation, in mountainous regions (1700 m.) of Europe, Asia Minor, the Balkans and west Asia.
The insect has a wingspan of 62 – 70 mm. The forewings are yellowish and have a black margin. Next to margin there is a long, light powdered black band. Nearby the body is a little black area. Between these opposites there are three tiger-strips. The strip in the middle has a light-coloured core.The underside is a copy of upside, but there are some differences. The strip in the middle has a blue core.
The hind wings are white or yellowish and have long tails in black. The margin is very ridged. There is a blue-black band going backwards. There is only one black tiger-strip and one short strip in the middle of the wing. In back there is a red eye with a blue eyeshadow. There is a dark zone around the body.The underside is a copy of upside.
The body is striped in black and yellow.
The larva feeds on Umbelliferae, notably Trinia vulgaris, Seseli montanum, Ptychotis saxifraga and Opopanax chironium.
Rethera komarovi is a species of moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found in south-western Europe, Asia Minor, Afghanistan, Turkestan, Iran and Iraq.
The wingspan is 55-65 mm for ssp. komarovi and 65-81 mm for ssp. manifica. Adults are on wing from mid April to mid June.Larvae have been recorded on Rubia and Galium species.
This information adopted from butterflycorner.net and wikipedia.com
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