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Phoebus Apollo

Parnassius phoebus

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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27 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 71, February 53, March 83, April 130, May 187, June 204, July 219, August 188, September 138, October 103, November 56, December 44.
United States1,997
Alaska1,476
Canada237
Italy229
Colorado196
Nord-Ovest150
Yukon126
Switzerland115
Utah113
Austria103

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilySwallowtails and Parnassians · Papilionidae
GenusApollos · Parnassius

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