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Clouded Apollo

Parnassius mnemosyne

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Field Notes

Description:

Male clouded Apollo (Parnassius mnemosyne) foraging Vicia villosa.

Habitat:

Deciduous woodland clearing.

Notes:

Males after mating in order to prevent the females from remating and thus protecting their paternity deposit at the ventral side of the females a mating plug named sphragis (from Greek σφραγίς 'seal'). See a sphragis-bearing female in the same location at http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/696193768

Reference Links:

Clouded Apollo - Parnassius mnemosyne - Overview, Clouded Apollo - Wikipedia, Bestimmungshilfe des Lepiforums: Parnassius Mnemosyne

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PublishedJuly 2, 2017

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