Parnassius nordmanni

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Parnassius nordmanni

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Parnassius
Species: P. nordmanni
Binomial name
Parnassius nordmanni
Ménétries, in Siemaschko 1850

Parnassius nordmanni is a high altitude butterfly which is found the Caucasus.It is a member of the Snow Apollo genus Parnassius of the Swallowtail (Papilionidae) family. The larva feeds on Corydalis C. alpestris, C. conorhiza, C. emanueli

Parnassius nordmanni Hindu Kush
Parnassius nordmanni Hindu Kush

[edit] References

  • Weiss, J.C., 1999. The Parnassiinae of the World. Part 3. Hillside Books, Canterbury, UK, p. 137-236.

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