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Parnassius apollo (Apollo Butterfly)

Systematics :

Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Arthropoda (Articulate animals)
Class: Insecta (Insects)
Order: Lepidoptera (Moths and butterflies)
Group: Rhopalocera (Butterflies)
Family: Papilionidae (Swallowtail butterflies)
Subfamily: Parnassiinae
Genus: Parnassius
Species: Parnassius apollo (Apollo Butterfly)

Norwegian name: Apollosommerfugl

Host plants: Orpine (Hylotelephium maximum), Rhodiola rosea, Sedum rupestre, Sempervivum, White Stonecrop (Sedum album)

Confusion species: Aporia crataegi (Black-veined White)

Forvekslingsarter: Ingen (vanskelig å forveksle)

Norwegian Red List (2021): Near Threatened