Parnassius nosei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Papilionidae |
Genus: | Parnassius |
Species: | P. nosei |
Binomial name | |
Parnassius nosei (Watanabe, 1989) |
Parnassius nosei is a high altitude butterfly which is found in China. It is a member of the Snow Apollo genus Parnassius of the Swallowtail (Papilionidae) family. The taxonomic status of this butterfly is uncertain. Some authors regard nosei as a subspecies of Parnassius maharaja.