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The adult glasswing butterfly can be identified by its transparent wings with opaque, dark brown borders tinted with red or orange. Their bodies are a dark brown color. The butterflies are 2.8 to 3.0 centimetres (1.1 to 1.2 in) long and have a wingspan of 5.6 to 6.1 centimetres (2.2 to 2.4 in).
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Parnassius is a genus of northern circumpolar and montane (alpine and Himalayan) butterflies usually known as Apollos or snow Apollos. They can vary in colour and form significantly based on their altitude. They also exhibit altitudinal melananism, a high-altitude adaptation.
The Parnassiinae or snow Apollos are a subfamily of the swallowtail butterfly family, Papilionidae. The subfamily includes about 50 medium-sized, white or yellow species. [ 1 ] The snow Apollos are high-altitude butterflies and are distributed across Asia , Europe and North America .
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Tagiades japetus, commonly known as the pied flat or the common snow flat, [1] is a species of spread-winged skipper butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is widely distributed, being found from India, [2] the Himalayas, Southeast Asia, to Australia. It contains several recognized subspecies. [1] [3] [4] [5]
Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada. Pyle, R.M. (2002). The Butterflies of Cascadia. Rothschild, L.W. (1895). A revision of the Papilios of the Eastern Hemisphere, exclusive of Africa. Novitates Zoologicae 2(3):167–463 and plates pdf; Rothschild, W. and Jordan, K. (1906). A revision of the American Papilios.
Reptiles, as commonly defined, are a group of tetrapods with an ectothermic ('cold-blooded') metabolism and amniotic development. Living reptiles comprise four orders : Testudines ( turtles ), Crocodilia ( crocodilians ), Squamata ( lizards and snakes ), and Rhynchocephalia (the tuatara ).