Parnassius apollonius

Taxobox
name = Eversmann's Apollo
regnum = Animalia

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phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Papilionidae
genus = "Parnassius"
species = "P. apollonius"
binomial = "Parnassius apollonius"
binomial_authority = (Eversmann, 1847) [Eversmann, Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 1847 p. 71]

Parnassius apollonius is a member of the Snow Apollo genus "Parnassius" of the Swallowtail (Papilionidae) family. It is found in Central and South Kazakhstan, the South Altai, Saur, Tarbagatai, Dzhungarsky Alatau, Tian-Shan, Ghissar-Darvaz, the Pamirs-Alai and West China.P. V. Bogdanov, A. L. Devyatkin, L. V. Kabak, V. A. Korolev, V. S. Murzin, G. D. Samodurov, E. A. Tarasov, and V. K. Tuzov (1997) Guide to the butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). Volume 1: Hesperiidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae, Satyridae. Pensoft. ISBN 954-642-018-2]

This species is found from a broad altitudinal zone (500 m to 3,000 m ). Adults fly over dry mountain slopes in May-July depending on the altitude.

Larval host plants include "Pseudosedum", and " Rosularia" spp.

ubspecies

There are many subspecies. The better described ones include
* "poseidon" Bryk et Eisner, 1934 (Region: W. Tian-Shan)
* "glaucopis" Bryk et Eisner, 1934 (Region: S. Kazakhstan)
* "gloriosus" Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Region: N. Tian-Shan)
* "narynus" Fruhstorfer, 1908 (Region: Inner Tian-Shan)
* "alpinus" Staudinger, 1887 (Region: Alai)
* "daubi" Fruhstorfer, 1903 (Region: Ghissar)
* nominate found in S. Altai, Saur, Tarbagatai and Dzhungarsky Alatau
* "aphrodite" Bryk et Eisner, 1934 (Region: Ili River valley)

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