Rocky Mountain Parnassian

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Fantastic find, Bonnie and very good colour reproduction.

Thank you bayucca!

Papilionidae, Parnassiinae, Parnassiini, Parnassius smintheus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parnassius_...
http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/speci...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/613962/bgi...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/296274/bgp...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/24000/bgim...

Quite a complex group with many subspecies depending on the geographic location:
http://butterfliesofamerica.com/t/Parnas...