Chinese name: Apollo Parnassiidae Latin Literature Name: parnassius apollinaris (staudinger, 1892) Families and genera: Parnassiidae parnassiidae Parnassiidae an archon Host: Sedum (sedum spp.). Distribution: Xinjiang; European countries, Turkey, Mongolia. This species belongs to: "Washington Convention" (cites) the level of protection: Class II. Protection level: China "national key protected wild animals list" in the protection of objects as ii, the two countries protected animals.
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Morphology
Its beautiful and elegant silk butterfly and much popular. White or slightly yellow silk Diechi, translucent, there are several large wing spots, hind wings have two large, distinct erythema, erythema center white, red spot surrounded by black edges, add to the charming. Wingspan 79 ~ 92mm. White or yellowish white wings. Translucent. Elytra in the middle, and end room with large dark spots, there are two spots in the outside, the outer part of the dark brown, with irregular dark brown outer sub-zone, has a posterior margin of the central black spot. After the wing base and the base part of the black inner margin; and wing leading edge have a central red spot, sometimes with white hearts, black inlay around the edges; hip angle and the medial two erythema or 1 red 1 black spot, surrounded by _Insert_ the black edges; Asian margin for the six spots black belt fracture. Negative and positive wing similar, but the base has four wings inlaid black border of erythema, two hip spot with a black border for erythema. Cidie color depth, and sub-wing edge of the outer translucent black belt with a more broad and obvious male butterfly, erythema than male hind wings large and bright butterflies. Egg flat, granular surface of the small number of processes, ordered rules. Refined around the hole is slightly concave, where the small particles was significantly smaller than other parts. Egg white, fine yellowish green around the hole. Diameter of about 1.38mm, height of about 0.85mm. Instar larvae of a head of dark brown and shiny, black hair on the students. Stink horn is not obvious. Pronotum dark brown and shiny. Body dark brown, paler in color beneath. Part of the former Pan-orange chest. Chitin of the anal plate, black-brown. Final instar larvae are black, the chest to 9 sub-dorsal line of abdominal segment red circular spot. Pupa dark brown body and shiny, covered with white powder. Head round, not processes. Chest of the valve closed. In the chest circle. Wing base of the protrusions was obtuse. Abdomen oval from the back of the watch, from the side bending to the ventral surface of each abdominal throttle on the line have a shallow concave. Body length 21mm.
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Habits
Silk butterflies live in the mountains, a strong cold tolerance, and some online activities in the snow, when flying close to the ground, slowly as if yo see the snow flies, it is not easy to catch. Apollo 30 kinds of China-made silk silk butterfly butterfly the more valuable species, wingspan 50-80 mm, only distributed in Xinjiang, China, two countries is the protected animals. Biology: 1 year on behalf of, the eggs overwinter. Adults appear in August, living in 750 ~ 2000m of the sub-alpine regions.
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Endangered
This species is a rare large silk butterfly has long been extinct in Poland and Spain, it is the first to be included in insects, "International Trade in Endangered Species Convention", as ii-class protected species. China's "national key protected wild animal list" in the protection of the object as ii. iucn Red Book "of threatened butterfly world" as the r-class (the number of individuals very little). Many countries and regions have taken the appropriate measures for effective protection, including designated areas for the protection of habitat, artificial aid colonization, re-cited, afforestation, protection, and so _set_ up a special park. Endangered reasons: over-collection and trade, acid rain, urbanization, agriculture, forest felling. Protection significance: the residual ice age species of butterfly on the class lineage with evolution and historical biogeography of major significance; for viewing, as the world's rare species.
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Biological significance
Apollo silk butterfly (parnassius apollo) is perhaps the most famous in Europe geographical variation of species produced. This attractive butterfly habitat in the whole of Europe and parts of Asia in the hillsides and mountain grassland. It was different in isolated mountain or mountain range where the formation of a number of different populations, the variation is mainly in the intensity of the black lines and red spots the size and number.
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Basic information
Chinese name: Apollo Parnassiidae Latin Literature Name: Parnassius apollinaris (Staudinger, 1892) Families and genera: Parnassiidae Parnassiidae an Archon Parnassiidae Host: Sedum (Sedum spp.). Distribution: Xinjiang; European countries, Turkey, Mongolia. This species belongs to: "Washington Convention" (CITES) protection level: Class II. Protection level: China "national key protected wild animals list" in the protection of objects as II, the two countries protected animals. Brief Description: This butterfly was the first to be included in CITES insects. Distributed in most parts of Xinjiang, China and Europe, is the largest of Parnassiidae species. All white transparent wings, with five to six spots, after the front wing and one each in central and black circle around the red eye spot, very beautiful. China as a secondary protection of animals is a fine butterfly.