Parnassius honrathi

Taxobox
name = Honraths's Apollo

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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Papilionidae
genus = "Parnassius"
species = "P. honrathi"
binomial = "Parnassius honrathi"
binomial_authority = (Staudinger and A.Bang-Haas,1882

"Parnassius honrathi" or Honrath's Apollo is a high altitude butterfly which is found in Tadzhikistan and Afghanistan. It is a member of the Snow Apollo genus "Parnassius" of the Swallowtail (Papilionidae) family.

The butterfly was named to honour Eduard Honrath. It flies on mountain slopes at 2,500-3,000 m above sea level. The larva feeds on Pseudosedum.

References

* 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

External links

* [http://goran.waldeck.se/ Parnassius of the World] Photo, detailed map.