Parnassius maharaja
| Maharaja Apollo | |
|---|---|
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| A male specimen from Taglang Pass, Ladakh, in the Ulster Museum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Parnassius |
| Species: | P. maharaja |
| Binomial name | |
| Parnassius maharaja Avinoff, 1916 | |
Maharaja Apollo Parnassius maharaja is a high altitude butterfly which is found in India and West China. It is a member of the snow Apollo genus Parnassius of the swallowtail family, Papilionidae.
Range
North-Western India, West China
Status
Local. Not known to be threatened.
See also
References
- Collins, N.M., Morris, M.G. (1985) Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World. IUCN. ISBN 2-88032-603-6
- Evans, W.H., (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
- Kunte, Krushnamegh (2000) Butterflies of Peninsular India. Universities Press,Hyderabad. ISBN 81-7371-354-5
- Wynter-Blyth, M.A., (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
- Sakai S., Inaoka S., Toshiaki A., Yamaguchi S., Watanabe Y., (2002) The Parnassiology. The Parnassius Butterflies, A Study in Evolution, Kodansha, Japan. ISBN 4-06-124051-X
- Weiss Jean-Claude, (1999) Parnassiinae of the World, Hillside Books, Canterbury, UK. ISBN 0-9532240-2-3, OCLC 41072974
Further reading
Parnassius maharaja Sv Parnassius maharaja provides further references and synonymy
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