Clodius Parnassian
Unusual for a swallowtail, the clodius parnassian is mostly white-colored and is a member of the snow apollo family of butterflies. It is usually found in the mountainous regions of the western states where it feeds on a large variety of native wildflowers. This one was found about 15 miles northwest of Mount Rainier in a meadow feeding on wild blackberry flowers near the Carbon River in Washington State.
- Copyright
- Rich Leighton
- Image Size
- 5583x3726 / 19.7MB
- Keywords
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Animalia, Arthropoda, Carbon River, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Melmont Ghost Town, PNW, Pacific NW, Pacific Northwest, Papilionidae, Parnassius, Parnassius clodius, Pierce County, Washington, animal, arthropod, beautiful, beauty, bug, butterfly, clodian apollo, color, fauna, insect, invertebrate, natural, nature, orange spot, red spot, snow Apollo, summer, swallowtail, white, wild, wildlife
- Contained in galleries
- Swallowtails