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The Parnassiinae or Snow Apollos are a subfamily of the Papilionidae or Swallowtail family. The subfamily includes about 50 medium sized, white or yellow species.[1] The Snow Apollos are high altitude butterflies and are distributed across Asia, Europe and North America.
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| Parnassinae |
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| Luehdorfiini |
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A proposed phylogeny of the Parnassius and related groups.[2]
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- ^ The Butterflies of North America, James A. Scott, ISBN 0-8047-1205-0, 1986
- ^ Nazari, V., Zakharov, E.V., and Sperling, F.A.H., 2007. Phylogeny, historical biogeography, and taxonomic ranking of Parnassiinae (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae) based on morphology and seven genes. Molecular phylogenetics and Evolution, 42: 131-156. pdf
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