Parnassiinae

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Subfamily of butterflies

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::summary Subfamily of butterflies ::

| image = Parnassius_pheobus.jpg | image_caption = Small Apollo (Parnassius phoebus) | taxon = Parnassiinae | subdivision_ranks = Tribes | subdivision = See text

The Parnassiinae or snow Apollos are a subfamily of the swallowtail butterfly family, Papilionidae. The subfamily includes about 50 medium-sized, white or yellow species. The snow Apollos are high-altitude butterflies and are distributed across Asia, Europe and North America.

Tribes

|caption=A proposed phylogeny of the Parnassius and related groups. |clades={{Clade | style=font-size:75%;line-height:75% | label1=Parnassinae | 1={{Clade | label1=Parnassiini | 1={{Clade | 1=Hypermnestra | 2=Parnassius | label2=Luehdorfiini | 2={{Clade | 1={{Clade | 1=Archon | 2= Doritites bosniackii | 2=Luehdorfia | label3=Zerythiini | 3={{Clade | 1=Sericinus | 2={{Clade | 1=Bhutanitis | 2={{Clade | 1= Zerynthia | 2= Allancastria |4= ? Thaites

This subfamily consists of the following tribes:

Gallery

File:Hypermnestrahelios (2) cropped.jpg| File:Parnassius phoebus MHNT CUT 2013 3 6 Arvieux female dos.jpg| File:Parnassius mnemosyne2.JPG| File:Archon_apollinus_bellargus_1.jpg| File:Luehdorfia japonica on ground.JPG| File:DianeJLH.jpg| File:Allancastria_cerisyi.jpg| File:BhutliddCRW_4351.jpg|

References

References

  1. ''The Butterflies of North America'', James A. Scott, {{ISBN. 0-8047-1205-0, 1986
  2. Ackery PR (1975) A guide to the genera and species of Parnassiinae (Lepidoptera:Papilionidae). ''Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist.'' (Ent.) 31, 4 [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19631#page/112/mode/2up pdf]
  3. Nazari, V., Zakharov, E.V., and Sperling, F.A.H., 2007. Phylogeny, historical biogeography, and taxonomic ranking of Parnassiinae (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae) based on morphology and seven genes. Molecular phylogenetics and Evolution, 42: 131-156. [http://www.uoguelph.ca/~vnazari/Nazari_et_al_2006_MP_E.pdf pdf] {{webarchive. link. (June 6, 2011)

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