Parnassius nandadevinensis

Species of butterfly

Parnassius nandadevinensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Parnassius
Species:	P. nandadevinensis
Binomial name
*Parnassius nandadevinensis* Weiss, 1990^[1]
Synonyms
Parnassius nadadevinensis

Parnassius nandadevinensis is a high-altitude butterfly which is found only on Mt Nanda Devi, India. It is a member of the snow Apollo genus (Parnassius) of the swallowtail family (Papilionidae). It was described on the basis of a single worn specimen. The genitalia are said to be intermediate in structure between P. acdestis and P. stoliczkanus and could possibly represent an aberrant specimen of either.^[2]

References

^ Weiss, J.-C. 1992. The Parnassiinae of the World. Part 2. Sciences Nat, Venette; 87 pp.
^ Hauser, CL (1993). "An annotated checklist of the species of the Parnassiinae (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 136: 137–146.