Parnassius acdestis

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Parnassius acdestis
Female from Lob Noor (Ulster Museum)
Female from Lob Noor (Ulster Museum)
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
(unranked) Rhopalocera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Parnassius
Species: P. acdestis
Binomial name
Parnassius acdestis
Grumm-Grshimailo, 1891

Parnassius acdestis is a high-altitude butterfly found in India. It is a member of the Snow Apollo genus Parnassius of the Swallowtail (Papilionidae) family.

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[edit] Range

Kirghistan, Nepal, northern India (Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim), Western China, Sinkiang and Szechwan.

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Very local. Rather Rare. Not known to be threatened.

[edit] References

  • Collins, N.M., Morris, M.G. (1985) Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World. IUCN. ISBN 2880326036
  • Evans, W.H., (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
  • 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 406124051-X
  • Weiss Jean-Claude, (1999) Parnassiinae of the World, Hillside Books, Canterbury, UK. ISBN 0953224023, OCLC 41072974

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