- Parnassius hannyngtoni
Taxobox
name = Hannyngton's Apollo
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
ordo =Lepidoptera
familia =Papilionidae
genus = "Parnassius "
species = "P. hannyngtoni"
binomial = "Parnassius hannyngtoni"
binomial_authority = Avinoff, 1916Hannyngton's Apollo "Parnassius hannyngtoni" is a high altitude butterfly which is found in India. It is a member of the Snow Apollo genus "
Parnassius " of the Swallowtail (Papilionidae) family. Some sources also spell the name as "P. hunnygtoni".Range
Northern slope of central Himalaya (Tibet). Previously known from Northern part of India (Sikkim) which currently is occupied by China. Bhutan (?).
tatus
Very Rare and the butterfly is protected by law in India.
References
* Collins, N.M., Morris, M.G. (1985) "Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World". IUCN. ISBN 2-88032-603-6
* Evans, W.H., (1932) "The Identification of Indian Butterflies" (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
* Gay T.,Kehimkar I. & Punetha J.C., (1992) "Common Butterflies of India".WWF-India and Oxford University Press. Mumbai. India.
* Haribal, Meena., (1992) "The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya".Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation, Gangtok
* 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 4-06-124051-X
* Weiss Jean-Claude, (1999) "Parnassiinae of the World", Hillside Books, Canterbury, UK. ISBN 0-9532240-2-3, OCLC|41072974ee also
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Papilionidae
*List of butterflies of India
*List of Butterflies of India (Papilionidae)
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