The Parnassiinae or snow Apollos are a subfamily of the swallowtail butterfly family,
Papilionidae
Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species. Though the majority are tropical, members of the family inhabit every continent except Antarctica. The family includes the larges ...
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The subfamily includes about 50 medium-sized, white or yellow species. The snow Apollos are high-altitude butterflies and are distributed across
Asia
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Europe
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North America.
[Ackery PR (1975) A guide to the genera and species of Parnassiinae (Lepidoptera:Papilionidae). ''Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist.'' (Ent.) 31, ]
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Tribes
This subfamily consists of the following tribes:
* Luehdorfiini
* Parnassiini
The Parnassiini are a tribe of swallowtail butterflies.
Genera
The tribe is thought to consist of two genera
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses ...
* Zerynthiini
Gallery
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File:Parnassius phoebus MHNT CUT 2013 3 6 Arvieux female dos.jpg,
File:Parnassius mnemosyne2.JPG,
File:Archon_apollinus_bellargus_1.jpg,
File:Luehdorfia japonica on ground.JPG,
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File:Allancastria_cerisyi.jpg,
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References
Further reading
* Glassberg, Jeffrey ''Butterflies through Binoculars, The West'' (2001)
* Guppy, Crispin S. and Shepard, Jon H. ''Butterflies of British Columbia'' (2001)
* James, David G. and Nunnallee, David ''Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies'' (2011)
* Pelham, Jonathan ''Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada'' (2008)
* Pyle, Robert Michael ''The Butterflies of Cascadia'' (2002)
External links
Tree of Life Parnassiinae
Fauna Europaea
Butterflies and Moths of North America
Butterflies of America
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Papilionidae
Butterfly subfamilies