Species
Parnassius smintheus (Rocky mountain parnassian)
Parnassius smintheus. Photo: (c) gannet, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Parnassius smintheus, the Rocky Mountain parnassian, or Rocky Mountain apollo, is a high-altitude butterfly found in the Rocky Mountains throughout the United States and Canada. It is a member of the snow Apollo genus (Parnassius) of the swallowtail family (Papilionidae). The butterfly ranges in color from white to pale yellow-brown, with red and black markings that indicate to predators it is unpalatable.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths)
- Superfamily: Papilionoidea (Butterflies)
- Family: Papilionidae (Swallowtails and parnassians)
- Subfamily: Parnassiinae (Parnassians)
- Tribe: Parnassiini
- Genus: Parnassius (Apollos)
- Species: Parnassius smintheus (Rocky mountain parnassian)
- Genus: Parnassius (Apollos)
- Tribe: Parnassiini
- Subfamily: Parnassiinae (Parnassians)
- Family: Papilionidae (Swallowtails and parnassians)
- Superfamily: Papilionoidea (Butterflies)
- Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)



































