Parnassius jacobsoni

Parnassius jacobsoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Parnassius
Species: P. jacobsoni
Binomial name
Parnassius jacobsoni
(Avinoff , 1913)

Parnassius jacobsoni is a high altitude butterfly which is found only in Tajikistan and Afghanistan. It is a member of the Snow Apollo genus Parnassius of the Swallowtail (Papilionidae) family.

References

Weiss, J.C., 1999. The Parnassiinae of the world, Part 3. Hillside Books, Canterbury, U.K.