- Parnassius acdestis
Taxobox
name = "Parnassius acdestis"
image_caption = Female from Lob Noor (Ulster Museum)
status = DD
status_system = iucn3.1
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
ordo =Lepidoptera
unranked_familia =Rhopalocera
superfamilia =Papilionoidea
familia =Papilionidae
genus = "Parnassius "
species = "P. acdestis"
binomial = "Parnassius acdestis"
binomial_authority = Grumm-Grshimailo,1891 "Parnassius acdestis" is a high-altitude butterfly found in
India . It is a member of the Snow Apollo genus "Parnassius " of the Swallowtail (Papilionidae) family.Range
Kirghistan, Nepal, northern India (Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim), Western China, Sinkiang and Szechwan.
tatus
Very local. Rather Rare. Not known to be threatened.
References
* Collins, N.M., Morris, M.G. (1985) "Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World". IUCN. ISBN 2880326036
* Evans, W.H., (1932) "The Identification of Indian Butterflies" (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
* Wynter-Blyth, M.A., (1957) "Butterflies of the Indian Region", Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
* Sakai S., Inaoka S., Toshiaki A., Yamaguchi S., Watanabe Y., (2002) "The Parnassiology. The Parnassius Butterflies, A Study in Evolution", Kodansha, Japan. ISBN 406124051-X
* Weiss Jean-Claude, (1999) "Parnassiinae of the World", Hillside Books, Canterbury, UK. ISBN 0953224023, OCLC|41072974ee also
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Papilionidae
*List of butterflies of India
*List of Butterflies of India (Papilionidae) External links
* [http://www2.nrm.se/en/lep_nrm/a/koramius_acdestispeeblesi.html NRM]
Holotype of "Parnassius acdestis peeblesi" Bryk, 1932.
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