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Parnassius dongalaicus

Tytler's Apollo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Parnassius
Species: P. dongalaicus
Binomial name
Parnassius dongalaicus
Tytler, 1926

Parnassius dongalaicus, the Tytler's Apollo, is a high-altitude butterfly which is found in China.

It is a member of the snow Apollo genus (Parnassius) of the swallowtail family (Papilionidae).

P. dongalaicus was originally described as a species, but was subsequently considered conspecific with Parnassius epaphus. Sorimachi (1995) and Sugisawa (1996) both regard P. dongalaicus as a good species sympatric with epaphus and as the senior synonym of rikihiroi Kawasaki, 1995.



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