Parnassius: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Papilionidae
- Genus
- Parnassius
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Parnassius
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Parnassius
Parnassius is a genus of northern circumpolar and montane (alpine and Himalayan) butterflies usually known as Apollos or snow Apollos. They can vary in colour and form significantly based on their altitude. They also exhibit altitudinal melananism, a high-altitude adaptation. They have dark bodies and darker coloring at the base of their wings, which allows them to absorb solar energy more quickly.
Although classified under the swallowtail butterfly family, none of the Parnassius species possesses tails.
The larvae feed on species of plants belonging to the Papaveraceae and Crassulaceae families, and like the other swallowtail butterfly larvae, possess an osmeterium. Unlike most butterflies that have exposed pupae, they pupate inside a loose silken cocoon.
...Parnassius in languages:
- Czech
- jasoň
- English
- Apollos
- English
- Snow Apollos
- English
- Parnassians
- Estonian
- Apollod
- Finnish
- apolloperhoset
- French
- Apollons
- German
- Echte Apollofalter
- Japanese
- ウスバシロチョウ属
- Japanese
- ウスバアゲハ属
- Korean
- 모시나비속
- Russian
- Аполлоны
- Thai
- สกุล ผีเสื้ออะพอลโลสามัญ
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Parnassius acco
- Parnassius acdestis
- Parnassius actius
- Parnassius amgunensis
- Parnassius andreji
- Parnassius apollo
- Parnassius apollonius
- Parnassius arctica
- Parnassius arcticus
- Parnassius ariadne
- Parnassius augustus
- Parnassius autocrator
- Parnassius baileyi
- Parnassius behrii
- Parnassius boedromius
- Parnassius breitfussi
- Parnassius bremeri
- Parnassius cardinal
- Parnassius cato
- Parnassius cephalus
- Parnassius charltonius
- Parnassius clarius
- Parnassius clodius
- Parnassius corybas
- Parnassius davydovi
- Parnassius delphius
- Parnassius dongalaicus
- Parnassius epaphus
- Parnassius ephebus
- Parnassius eversmanni
- Parnassius fermata
- Parnassius glacialis
- Parnassius hannyngtoni
- Parnassius hardwickii
- Parnassius hide
- Parnassius hoenei
- Parnassius honrathi
- Parnassius huberi
- Parnassius imperator
- Parnassius jacquemontii
- Parnassius labeyriei
- Parnassius loxias
- Parnassius maharaja
- Parnassius maximinus
- Parnassius mnemosyne
- Parnassius nomion
- Parnassius nordmanni
- Parnassius nosei
- Parnassius orleans
- Parnassius patricius
- Parnassius phoebus
- Parnassius poeta
- Parnassius przewalskii
- Parnassius schultei
- Parnassius schweitzeri
- Parnassius simo
- Parnassius simonius
- Parnassius slovakiensis
- Parnassius smintheus
- Parnassius staudingeri
- Parnassius stenosemus
- Parnassius stoliczkanus
- Parnassius stubbendorfii
- Parnassius sulphurus
- Parnassius szechenyii
- Parnassius tenedius
- Parnassius tianschanicus
- Parnassius uralka
- Parnassius ventidius





















































































