Parnassius inopinatus is a high-altitude butterfly which is found only in Afghanistan and parts of north-western Pakistan. It is a member of the snow Apollo genus (Parnassius) of the swallowtail family, (Papilionidae).
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Parnassius |
| Species: | P. inopinatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Parnassius inopinatus (Kotzsch, 1940)
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References
edit- Weiss, J.C., 1999. The Parnassiinae of the world, Part 3. Hillside Books, Canterbury, U.K.
- Wyatt, C., 1975 Description de deux nouvelles races d'Afghanistan de Parnassius (Lep. Papilionidae). Entomops 36: 105-109 (3 figs.).
- Kotzsch, H. ,1940 Parnassius inopinatus, eine überraschende neue Art. Entomologische Zeitschrift 54 (3): 17-21 [figs. 1-6].
External links
edit- Parnassius of the World Photo and range map
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