Parnassius huberi

Taxobox
regnum = Animalia


phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
unranked_familia = Rhopalocera
superfamilia = Papilionoidea
familia = Papilionidae
genus = "Parnassius"
species = "P. huberi"
binomial = "Parnassius huberi "
binomial_authority = Paulus, 1999

"Parnassius huberi" is a high altitude butterfly which is found in Tibet.It is a member of the Snow Apollo genus "Parnassius" of the Swallowtail (Papilionidae) family.

"P. huberi" is a newly discovered "Parnassius" species closely related to "Parnassius acco" and "P schultei".

References

* Paulus, V. 1999. A new species of "Parnassius" discovered in North Tibet, China. "Wallace", 6: 2-7.

External Links

* [http://www.geocities.com/tgorw_sm/paindex.htm?200811 Parnassius of the World] Photograph and map.