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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Swallowtails, Parnassians (Papilionidae) » Parnassiinae » Apollos or Parnassians (Parnassiini) » Parnassius » Clodius Parnassian - Hodges#4154 (Parnassius clodius)
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Parnassius - Parnassius clodius
Copyright © 2006 Martin Hauser

Parnassius - Parnassius clodius
Crater Lake NP, Klamath County, Oregon, USA
August 15, 2006
I guess this is genus Parnassius. Anybody know the species?
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Contributed by Martin Hauser on 24 August, 2006 - 6:06pm

Great shot of
a mated female with sphragis (the creamy-white waxy plug placed by the male after mating) clearly visible; she can still oviposit, but not mate a second time.
See also here: 1 , and here: 2 .
… Hartmut Wisch, 12 September, 2007 - 1:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Now that you mentioned it! I
Now that you mentioned it! I did not see this while taking the pic... thanks for pointing this out...
… Martin Hauser, 12 September, 2007 - 2:59pm login or register to post comments

Female Clodius Parnassian
Parnassius clodius. Great shot showing all the field marks listed in Glassberg (black-bordered translucent forewings, rectangular FW cell bar, black antennae).
… Cliff Bernzweig, 24 August, 2006 - 6:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks a lot Cliff! I will mo
Thanks a lot Cliff! I will move it to the species page...
… Martin Hauser, 24 August, 2006 - 6:43pm login or register to post comments

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