| Parnassius nandadevinensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Parnassius |
| Species: | P. nandadevinensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Parnassius nandadevinensis Weiss, 1990[1] |
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Parnassius nadadevinensis is a high altitude butterfly which is found only on Mt Nanda Devi, India. It is a member of the Snow Apollo genus Parnassius of the Swallowtail (Papilionidae) family. It was described on the basis of a single worn specimen. The genitalia are said to be intermediate in structure between P. acdestis and P. stoliczkanus and could possibly represent an aberrant specimen of either.[2]