Butterfly populations are a very good indicator of the health of an area's ecosystem !!
In January 2024, Parnissius nomium was included in the "List of Terrestrial Wildlife with Important Ecological, Scientific and Social Value".
They are a forest steppe butterfly found in Urals, Altai, south Siberia, the Ussuri region, Amur and Mongolia,
China and Korea.
They are a species of Parnassius in the family Parnassidae of the order Lepidoptera.
They are a member of the snow Apollo genus (Parnassius) of the swallowtail family (Papilionidae).
Adults fly from July to mid August.
They are distributed in cold, semi humid areas at high altitudes of 2,200 - 3,600 meters / 7,217 - 11,811 '.
Their wings are white or dirty white with black and white markings on the edges.
The hind wings have many brightly colored red spots. There are black spots in the middle and tip of the mid cell of the forewings, and a large black spot on the anal region of the hind wings.
Their life cycle is one generation per year.
Being a polytypic species, there are approximately 15 subspecies of Parnissius nomion.
