Parnassius hannyngtoni

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Hannyngton's Apollo

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Parnassius
Species:	P. hannyngtoni

Binomial name

Parnassius hannyngtoni
Avinoff, 1916

Hannyngton's Apollo Parnassius hannyngtoni is a high altitude butterfly which is found in India. It is a member of the Snow Apollo genus Parnassius of the Swallowtail (Papilionidae) family. Some sources also spell the name as P. hunnygtoni.

1 Range
2 Status
3 References
4 See also

[edit] Range

Northern slope of central Himalaya (Tibet). Previously known from Northern part of India (Sikkim) which currently is occupied by China. Bhutan (?).

[edit] Status

Very Rare and the butterfly is protected by law in India.

[edit] References

Collins, N.M., Morris, M.G. (1985) Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World. IUCN. ISBN 2-88032-603-6
Evans, W.H., (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
Gay T.,Kehimkar I. & Punetha J.C., (1992) Common Butterflies of India.WWF-India and Oxford University Press. Mumbai. India.
Haribal, Meena., (1992) The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya.Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation, Gangtok
Wynter-Blyth, M.A., (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
Sakai S., Inaoka S., Toshiaki A., Yamaguchi S., Watanabe Y., (2002) The Parnassiology. The Parnassius Butterflies, A Study in Evolution, Kodansha, Japan. ISBN 4-06-124051-X
Weiss Jean-Claude, (1999) Parnassiinae of the World, Hillside Books, Canterbury, UK. ISBN 0-9532240-2-3, OCLC 41072974