Parnassius maharaja
| Maharaja Apollo | |
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| A male from Taglang Pass, Ladakh, in the Ulster Museum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Parnassius |
| Species: | P. maharaja |
| Binomial name | |
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Parnassius maharaja Avinoff, 1916 |
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Parnassius maharaja, the maharaja Apollo, is a high-altitude butterfly which is found in India and west China. It is a member of the snow Apollo genus (Parnassius) of the swallowtail family (Papilionidae).
North-western India, west China
Local. Not known to be threatened.
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