Parnassius nosei

Parnassius nosei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Parnassius
Species: P. nosei
Binomial name
Parnassius nosei
(Watanabe, 1989)

Parnassius nosei is a high-altitude butterfly found in China. It is a member of the snow Apollo genus Parnassius of the swallowtail family, Papilionidae. The taxonomic status of this butterfly is uncertain. Some authors regard nosei as a subspecies of Parnassius maharaja.

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