Eversmann's Parnassian

Eversmann's Parnassian

Taxobox
name = Eversmann's Parnassian
regnum = Animalia


image_caption = Specimen from Japan
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Papilionidae
genus = "Parnassius"
species = "P. eversmanni "
binomial = "Parnassius eversmanni"
binomial_authority = Ménétries, 1849

Parnassius eversmanni or Eversmann's Parnassian is a is a high altitude butterfly which is found in East Russia , Mongolia, Japan and Alaska. It is a member of the Snow Apollo genus Parnassius of the Swallowtail (Papilionidae) family.The species was named to honour Eduard Friedrich Eversmann.

The larva feeds on "Corydalis" ("C. gigantea, C. pauciflora, C. arctica, C. paeoniiholia, C. gorodkovi, C. pauciflora")


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