Parnassius phoebus (Fabricius, 1793) - Small Apollo.
The Parnassius butterflies become little mobile when the sun hides
behind the clouds and fail to get into the air when frightened.
Instead, they exhibit a peculiar threatening behaviour: they
spread the wings wide, showing striking red "eyes"
(demonstrative colouration) and start to make convulsive
movement of wings and a scratching sound by rubbing the hind
legs against the under surface of the wings.
Range: the Alps, the Urals, the mountains of South, Central and East Siberia, the Far East., Mongolia, N China and the western North America.
ssp: phoebus (Fabricius, 1798) - the Altai Mts.
Ареал: Альпы,Урал, горы Сибири и Дальнего Востока, Монголия, С. Китай,
западная С. Америка
ssp: phoebus (Fabricius, 1798) - Алтай.
A male, wings open.
An alpine meadow in the valley of a headwater of the
Chikty Rivulet, 2500 m above sea level, the southern principle
slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range, the upper Dzhazator
River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia,
Russia. 15th July 1998. O. Kosterin.