Parnassius apollo ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Bonelli, Simona, Barbero, Francesca, Casacci, Luca Pietro, Cerrato, Cristiana & Balletto, Emilio, 2015, The butterfly fauna of the Italian Maritime Alps: results of the EDIT project, Zoosystema 37 (1), pp. 139-167 : 145

Parnassius apollo ( Linnaeus, 1758)

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Papilio apollo Linnaeus, 1758: 465 .

FIRST RECORD FOR THE VALDIERI AREA. — Verity (1905 -11).

CHOROTYPE. — Centralasiatic-European.

ECOLOGY. — Screes, lower-upper montane, mesophilous, xerphilous.

EDIT PROJECT SAMPLING. — Natural reserve Juniperus phoenicea , dry grassland, 878 m, VII.2008 ; Pian della Casa , subalpine pastures, 1650, VII.2008 ; Fishing reserve Cappello di Napoleone, Beech-wood clearings, 1300 m, VII.2009 ; Valasco , Rhododendron heathland, 1690 m, VII-VIII.2009 ; Valasco , Juniperus heathland/ grassland, 1790 m, VII.2009, OS .

Figures

FIG 1. — Parnassius apollo (Linnaeus, 1758). Photograph: Davide Piccoli.