Parnassius patricius

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Parnassius patricius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Parnassius
Species: P. patricius
Binomial name
Parnassius patricius
Niepelt, 1850

Parnassius patricius is a high altitude butterfly which is found in Kirghizia and Turkmenistan (Turkestanin older literature). It is a member of the Snow Apollo genus Parnassius of the Swallowtail (Papilionidae) family. The larva feeds on Cysticorydalis fedtschenkoana.