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Apollo Butterfly on flower #15394799
Description
The Apollo butterlfly (Parnassius apollo), belonging to the Papilionidae family. It is found on mountains in Europe usually above 1000m up to 2000m, preferring flowery, mountain pastures and meadows. This species is of interest to entomologists due to the variety of subspecies, often only restricted to a specific valley in the alps. Related species can be found all over the world.