Parnassius jacquemontii
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| Parnassius jacquemontii Boisduval, 1836 |
Keeled Apollo Parnassius jacquemontii 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. It is also fairly common at high altitudes from Chitral to Kumaon.
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[edit] Range
North-eastern Afghanistan, Northern Pakistan, North-western India(Jammu & Kashmir), Tajikistan (Pamirs), Uzbekistan, South West China and Szechwan.
[edit] Status
Not known to be in danger. The nominate subspecies is protected by law in India.
[edit] 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
- Kunte, Krushnamegh (2000) Butterflies of Peninsular India. Universities Press,Hyderabad. ISBN 81-7371-354-5
- 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.
- Weiss J.-C., (2005) Parnassiinae of the World - Part 4, Canterbury: Hillside Books, UK.
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