| Eversmann's Apollo | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Parnassius |
| Species: | P. apollonius |
| Binomial name | |
| Parnassius apollonius (Eversmann, 1847)[1] |
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Parnassius apollonius is a member of the Snow Apollo genus Parnassius of the Swallowtail (Papilionidae) family. It is found in Central and South Kazakhstan, the South Altai, Saur, Tarbagatai, Dzhungarsky Alatau, Tian-Shan, Ghissar-Darvaz, the Pamirs-Alai and West China.[2]
This species is found from a broad altitudinal zone (500 m to 3,000 m). Adults fly over dry mountain slopes in May-July depending on the altitude.[2]
Larval host plants include Pseudosedum, and Rosularia spp.[2]
There are many subspecies. The better described ones include[2]