Tytler's Apollo | |
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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.