Clodius Parnassian

Taxobox
name = Clodian Apollo


image_caption = "Parnassius clodius incredibilis", Male from St. Elie
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Papilionidae
genus = "Parnassius"
species = "P. clodius"
binomial = "Parnassius clodius"
binomial_authority = Ménétries, 1855

Parnassius clodius (Ménétries, 1835) is a high altitude butterfly which is found in the U.S. and Canada. It is a member of the Snow Apollo genus Parnassius of the Swallowtail (Papilionidae) family.

Description

See images under External links

Distribution

Alaska, British Columbia, Washington State , Nevada.

External links

* [http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1344 Montana University Butterflies and Moths of North America] .
* [http://www.pteron-world.com/topics/classfication/papilionidae/parnassiini2.html#parnassius Pteron] In Japanese but binomial names. Images.