Parnassius maharaja
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 A male specimen from Taglang Pass, Ladakh, in the Ulster Museum
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| Parnassius maharaja Avinoff, 1916 |
Maharaja Apollo Parnassius maharaja 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.
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[edit] Range
North-Western India.
[edit] Status
Local. Not known to be threatened.
[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
- Kunte, Krushnamegh (2000) Butterflies of Peninsular India. Universities Press,Hyderabad. ISBN 81-7371-354-5
- 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
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