Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Papilionidae Scientific name Parnassius baileyi | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Parnassius Rank Species | |
Similar Parnassius maharaja, Parnassius simonius, Parnassius cardinal, Parnassius boedromius, Parnassius szechenyii | ||
Parnassius baileyi, the Bailey's Apollo, is a high-altitude butterfly which is found in southwestern China (Sichuan, northern Yunnan and eastern Tibet). It is a member of the snow Apollo genus (Parnassius) of the swallowtail family (Papilionidae).
The taxonomic status of this butterfly is uncertain. P. baileyi was originally described as a subspecies of P. acco, later as a subspecies of P. rothschildianus Bryk, 1931 and also P. przewalskii (Alpherakyi 1887), and now also treated as a separate species (Weiss 1992), (Chou, 1994). Molecular studies suggest it is the sister species of P. acco.
The butterfly was named for Frederick Marshman Bailey who collected the first specimens.
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