Parnassius loxias

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Parnassius loxias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
(unranked) Rhopalocera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Parnassius
Species: P. loxias
Binomial name
Parnassius loxias
Püngeler, 1901

Parnassius loxias is a high altitude butterfly which is found in Kirghizia and West China.It is a member of the Snow Apollo genus Parnassius of the Swallowtail (Papilionidae) family.

[edit] References

  • Weiss, J.-C. 1992. The Parnassiinae of the World. Part 2. Sciences Nat, Venette; 87 pp.

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