Parnassiinae
| Parnassiinae | |
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| Small Apollo Parnassius phoebus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Subfamily: | Parnassiinae |
| Tribes | |
The Parnassiinae or Snow Apollos are a subfamily of the Papilionidae or Swallowtail family. The subfamily includes about 50 medium-sized, white or yellow species.[1] The Snow Apollos are high altitude butterflies and are distributed across Asia, Europe and North America.[2]
The tribes recognized in the Parnassinae are Parnassiini, Zerynthiini and the Luehdorfiini.
Gallery
Subfamily : Parnassiinae.
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Hypermnestra helios,
tribe Parnassiini. -
Mountain Apollo
(Parnassius apollo),
tribe Parnassiini. -
Clouded Apollo
(Parnassius mnemosyne),
tribe Parnassiini. -
False Apollo
(Archon apollinus),
tribe Luehdorfiini. -
Japanese Luehdorfia
(Luehdorfia japonica),
tribe Luehdorfiini. -
Southern Festoon
(Zerynthia polyxena),
tribe Zerythiini. -
Eastern Festoon
(Allancastria cerisyi),
tribe Zerythiini. -
Bhutan Glory
(Bhutanitis lidderdalii),
tribe Zerythiini.
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| A proposed phylogeny of the Parnassius and related groups.[3] |
References
- ↑ The Butterflies of North America, James A. Scott, ISBN 0-8047-1205-0, 1986
- ↑ Ackery PR (1975) A guide to the genera and species of Parnassiinae (Lepidoptera:Papilionidae). Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 31, 4 pdf
- ↑ Nazari, V., Zakharov, E.V., and Sperling, F.A.H., 2007. Phylogeny, historical biogeography, and taxonomic ranking of Parnassiinae (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae) based on morphology and seven genes. Molecular phylogenetics and Evolution, 42: 131-156. pdf
Further reading
- Glassberg, Jeffrey Butterflies through Binoculars, The West (2001)
- Guppy, Crispin S. and Shepard, Jon H. Butterflies of British Columbia (2001)
- James, David G. and Nunnallee, David Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies (2011)
- Pelham, Jonathan Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada (2008)
- Pyle, Robert Michael The Butterflies of Cascadia (2002)