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Parnassius Latreille, 1804
Parnassius Latreille, 1804; Nouv. Dict. Hist. nat. 24 (6): 185, 199, TS: Papilio apollo Linnaeus
Doritis Fabricius, 1807; Magazin f. Insektenk. (Illiger) 6: 283, TS: Papilio apollo Linnaeus
Parnassis Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (6): 90 (or missp. or emend.?), TS: Papilio apollo Linnaeus
Therius Billberg, 1820; Enum. Ins. Mus. Billb.: 75, TS: Papilio apollo Linnaeus
Tadumia Moore, [1902]; Lepidoptera Indica, 5 (53): 116, TS: Papilio acco Gray
Kailasius Moore, [1902]; Lepidoptera Indica, 5 (53): 118, TS: Parnassius charltonius Gray
Koramius Moore, [1902]; Lepidoptera Indica, 5 (53): 120, TS: Parnassius delphius Eversmann
Lingamius Bryk, 1935; Das Tierreich 65: 538-540, TS: Parnassius hardwickii Gray
Eukoramius Bryk, 1935; Das Tierreich 65: 630, 673-674, TS: Parnassius imperator Oberthür
Parnassius, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Parnassius, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]

fiParnassius mnemosyne (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pyrenees, EU, Iran, Caucasus, C.Asia. See [About maps] Pikkuapollo Clouded Apollo Mnemosynefjäril Nunneapollo Schwarzer Apollo Le semi-apollon Blanca de Asso Niepylak mnemozyna
Papilio mnemosyne Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 465, TL: Finland
Parnassius mnemosyne, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Parnassius mnemosyne, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Parnassius mnemosyne, Norges Sommerfugler [NORLEP]
Parnassius mnemosyne, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Parnassius mnemosyne, Extracts from [BRU] by [Ilya Osipov]
Parnassius mnemosyne, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]
Parnassius mnemosyne ; [BRU, 136]; [BOW: pl. 1, f. 7]; [MRS, 198]; [Otakar Kudrna]
[mnemosyne-1u.jpg] 500x326 (~30Kb) upperside Finland, A: Lemland, Flaka, 6/1995, Photo © Tero Piirainen [mnemosyne-2u.jpg] 500x431 (~31Kb) upperside Finland, A: Lemland, Flaka, 6/1995, Photo © Tero Piirainen [mnemosyne-3mf.jpg] 600x732 (~49Kb) male female Somero 672:30, 22.06.1980, Photo © Pertti Pakkanen
[mnemosyne-4.jpg] 750x488 (~36Kb) Somero 672:30, 22.06.1980, Photo © Pertti Pakkanen

Larva on Corydalis solida [SPRK]

Larva on Corydalis spp. [BRU]


P. m. weidingeri Bryk & Eisner, 1932
C.Europe
P. m. craspedontis Fruhstorfer, 1908
S.Europe Parnassius mnemosyne craspedontis Fruhstorfer, 1908; Ent. Zs. 22 (3): 12
P. m. ucrainicus Bryk & Eisner, 1932
W.Europe
P. m. leonhardiana Fruhstorfer, 1917
Parnassius mnemosyne leonhardiana Fruhstorfer, 1917; Archiv Naturgesch. (A) 82 (2): 25, f. 20, 21, TL: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Parnassius mnemosyne bosniacus Rothschild, 1918; Novit. zool. 25: 223, TL: Mahnjaca Mts., Bosnia, 1200m
leonhardiana ; Abadjiev, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 9
bosniacus ; Abadjiev, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 10
P. m. ugrjumovi Bryk, 1914
Middle Volga, Middle Urals
P. m. uralka Bryk, 1921
S.Urals
P. m. nubilosus Christoph, 1873
Caucasus, Transcaucasis
P. m. caucasia Verity, [1911]
Bulgaria? Parnassius mnemosyne dejotarus Fruhstorfer, 1917; Archiv Naturgesch. (A) 82 (2): 26, f. 16, 17, TL: [Bulgaria], "Tschamkorija" [Borovets]
= ; Abadjiev, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 10
Parnassius mnemosyne bulgarica Eisner, 1936; Parnassiana 4 (1-2): 9, TL: Pisanec am Lom, 300m, Bulgaria
dejotaurus ; Bryk, 1921, Ent. Tidskr. 42: 113, 115 (missp.)
dejoratus ; Kudrna, 1985, : 22, 48 (missp.)
dejotarus ; Abadjiev, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 9
bulgarica ; Abadjiev, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 13
P. m. balcanica Bryk & Eisner, 1930
Parnassius mnemosyne balcanica Bryk & Eisner, 1930; Parnassiana 1 (2): 3-4, TL: "Schar-Dagh, Kacanik, [Yugoslavia]
balcanica ; Abadjiev, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 11
P. m. talboti Bryk, 1932
Parnassius mnemosyne talboti Bryk, 1932; Parnassiana 2 (3): 33, TL: Zara (Dalmatien) [Croatia, Zadar]
talboti ; Abadjiev, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 12
P. m. parnassia Bryk, 1932
Parnassius mnemosyne parnassia Bryk, 1932; Parnassiana 2 (4/5): 46, TL: Parnass, Greece
parnassia ; Abadjiev, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 12
Kopet-Dagh
P. m. orientalis Verity, 1911
N.Tian-Shan
[orientalis-1u.jpg] 700x480 (~94Kb) upperside Uzbekistan, Kuraminsky Mts, h=2400, 6.1996 Vashchenko S.N. leg, Photo © D. Smirnov

P. m. falsus Pagenstecher, 1911
N.Tian-Shan (Ketmen Mt. range)
P. m. nivalis Grose-Smith, 1908
Inner Tian-Shan
P. m. valentinae Sheljuzhko, 1943
W.Tian-Shan
P. m. giganteus Staudinger, 1886
Alai ?gigantea Staudinger, 1886
P. m. ochraceus Austaut, 1891
E.Ghissar
P. m. bucharanus Bryk, 1912
W.Ghissar

Parnassius glacialis Butler, 1866
E.China, Korea, Japan. See [About maps] Parnassius glacialis Butler, 1866; J. Linn. Soc. 9: 50
Parnassius glacialis ; [EBW]; [MRS, 199]
[glacialis-1l.jpg] 640x480 (~68Kb) larva Utsubo, Miyagava Vill., Gifu Pref., ex. ovo 2000, Photo © Hans Degler [glacialis-2l.jpg] 640x480 (~113Kb) larva Utsubo, Miyagava Vill., Gifu Pref., ex. ovo 2000, Photo © Hans Degler [glacialis-2p.jpg] 640x480 (~139Kb) pupa Utsubo, Miyagava Vill., Gifu Pref., ex. ovo 2000, Photo © Hans Degler
[glacialis-2px.jpg] 640x480 (~76Kb) pupa Utsubo, Miyagava Vill., Gifu Pref., ex. ovo 2000, Photo © Hans Degler [glacialis-2u.jpg] 640x480 (~72Kb) upperside Utsubo, Miyagava Vill., Gifu Pref., ex. ovo 2000, Photo © Hans Degler [glacialis-2v.jpg] 640x480 (~61Kb) underside Utsubo, Miyagava Vill., Gifu Pref., ex. ovo 2000, Photo © Hans Degler

Larva on Corydalis ambigua, C. incisa, C. decumbens, C. remota, Aristolochia debilis [MRS]



Parnassius stubbendorfi Ménétriés, 1849
Altai - C.Siberia, S.Siberia - Sakhalin, Kurile Islands, Mongolia - N.China - N.Korea, Amur, Japan. See [About maps] Parnassius stubbendorfi Ménétriés, 1849; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersb. 6 (4): 273, pl. 6, f. 2, TL: [Erma River, Irkutsk Region, E. Sayan Mts]
?Parnassius hoenei Schweitzer, 1928; [BRU, 136], TL: (Japan)
Parnassius stubbendorfi ; [BRU, 136]
Parnassius stubbendorfii ; [MRS, 198]

Larva on Corydalis spp., Corydalis gigantea, C. ambigua [BRU]

P. s. stubbendorfi Ménétriés, 1849
Sayan, Transbaikalia, Yakutia
P. s. typicus Bryk, 1914
Altai Mts.
[typicus-1mu.jpg] 533x400 (~50Kb) upperside male A bushy meadow on the right bank floodland of the Koen Riverat at the mouth of the Volchikha Rivulet, just downstream of the village Nizhnii Koen, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 26th May 1997 (on Taraxacum officinale Wigg.), Photo © Oleg Kosterin [typicus-2mv.jpg] 400x533 (~47Kb) underside male A meadow at the bird cherry (Padus avium Mill.) thickets on the Berd' River right bank at the village Legostaevo, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 13th June 1994, Photo © Oleg Kosterin [typicus-3l.jpg] 533x400 (~41Kb) larva Collected at: willow and bird cherry thickets on the bottom of the Bugotak Bugotak River valley between the villages Karpysak and the state farm Samarskiy, Toguchin District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 7th May 1994 (A third instar larva, photographed in captivity), Photo © Oleg Kosterin

P. s. standfussi Bryk, 1912
Lower Amur basin
P. s. bodemeyeri Bryk, 1914
Amur region, N.Ussuri
P. s. koreana Verity, 1907
S.Ussuri
P. s. doii Matsumura, 1928
Kuriles stubbendorfi doii Matsumura, 1928; [ P. hoenei Schweitzer, 1928]
P. s. esakii Nakahara, 1926
Sakhalin stubbendorfi esakii Nakahara, 1926; [ P. hoenei Schweitzer, 1928 ]
P. s. kosterini Kreuzberg & Pljushch, 1922
Magadan region

Parnassius nordmanni Ménétriés, [1850]
Caucasus - N.Turkey. See [About maps] Parnassius nordmanni Ménétriés, [1850]; Siemaschko, Russian Fauna (17): pl. 4, f. 5, TL: "Monti Adschara"
?Parnassius nordmanni Nordmann, 1851; Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou 24(2): 423
Parnassius nordmanni ; [BRU, 137]

Larva on Corydalis alpestris, C. conorhiza, C. emanuelii [BRU]


Parnassius eversmanni Ménétriés, [1850]
E.Russia - Mongolia, Japan, Alaska. See [About maps] Eversmann's Parnassian
Parnassius eversmanni Ménétriés, [1850]; Siemaschko, Russian Fauna (17): pl. 4, f. 5, TL: "Kansk" [=error?, E.Sayan Mts?]
Parnassius eversmanni Ménétriés, 1855; Cat. lep. Petersb. 1: 73
Parnassius eversmanni eversmanni, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Parnassius eversmanni, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
versmanni ; Bryk & Eisner, 1937, (missp.)
Parnassius eversmanni ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 2; [BRU, 137]; [MRS, 200]; [NACL, #4153]; [Opler]
[eversmanni-1mu.jpg] 636x490 (~42Kb) upperside male A flowery alpine meadow in a valley of the rivulet descending from the southerm principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulets, 2700 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 10th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin [eversmanni-2fu.jpg] 543x300 (~33Kb) upperside female A flowery alpine meadow in a valley of the rivulet descending from the southerm principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulets, 2700 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 10th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin [eversmanni-2fv.jpg] 567x485 (~39Kb) underside female A flowery alpine meadow in a valley of the rivulet descending from the southerm principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulets, 2700 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 10th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
[eversmanni-2mu.jpg] 952x580 (~104Kb) upperside male A flowery alpine meadow in a valley of the rivulet descending from the southerm principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulets, 2700 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West SIberia, Russia. 10th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin [eversmanni-3fv.jpg] 498x400 (~38Kb) underside female A flowery alpine meadow in a valley of the rivulet descending from the southerm principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulets, 2700 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 10th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin [eversmanni-4fu.jpg] 1731x1165 (~404Kb) upperside female Canada: British Columbia, Pink Mtn, 3.7.1981, Photo 2007 © Norbert Kondla leg.
[eversmanni-4fv.jpg] 1662x1109 (~337Kb) underside female Canada: British Columbia, Pink Mtn, 3.7.1981, Photo 2007 © Norbert Kondla leg. [eversmanni-4mu.jpg] 1556x1128 (~361Kb) upperside male Canada: British Columbia, Pink Mtn, 3.7.1981, Photo 2007 © Norbert Kondla leg. [eversmanni-4mv.jpg] 1503x1056 (~311Kb) underside male Canada: British Columbia, Pink Mtn, 3.7.1981, Photo 2007 © Norbert Kondla leg.

Larva on Corydalis gigantea [NAB]

Larva on Corydalis arctica, C. paeoniipholia, C. gorodkovi, C. pauciflora [BRU]


P. e. eversmanni Ménétriés, [1850]
S.Siberia (mountains) altaicus Verity, 1911
lacinia Hemming, 1934
P. e. vosnessenski Ménétriés, [1850]
Sea of Okhotsk eversmanni magadana D. Weiss, 1971
P. e. polarius Schulte, 1991
NE.Yakutia, Chukot
P. e. thor H. Edwards, 1881
Alaska eversmanni thor H. Edwards, 1881; Papilio 1: 4
kohlsaati Gunder, 1932
ochreoocellatus Bryk & Eisner, 1932
quincunx Bryk & Eisner, 1934, not Bryk, 1914
desubmarginatus Bryk, 1935
Parnassius eversmanni thor, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Parnassius eversmanni thor ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 2; [NACL, 4153a]
?P. e. daisetsuzanus Matsumura, 1926
Japan
?P. e. maui Bryk, 1914

Parnassius felderi Bremer, 1861
Amur, Ussuri (mountains), NE.China, Korea, Japan. See [About maps] Parnassius felderi Bremer, 1861; Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersb., 3: 464, TL: "Raddeevka" [Radde, Amur region]
Parnassius felderi, Extracts from [BRU] by [Ilya Osipov]
Parnassius felderi ; [BRU, 138]
Parnassius eversmanni felderi ; [MRS, 200]

Larva on Corydalis gigantea [BRU]

P. f. felderi Bremer, 1861
Bureinsky Mts
P. f. litoreus Stichel, 1907
S.Amur
P. f. maui Sheljuzhko, 1914
Sikhote-Alin Mts

Parnassius ariadne (Lederer, 1853)
Altai, Saur, Tarbagatai. See [About maps] ariadne (Lederer, 1853); Verh. zool.-bot. Ver. Wien, 3: 354, TL: [Bukhtarma River sources, Altai]
clarius Eversmann, 1843; (nom. praeocc.)
Parnassius ariadne, Extracts from [BRU] by [Ilya Osipov]
Parnassius ariadne ; [BRU, 138]; [MRS, 200]

Larva on Corydalis, C. nobilis [BRU]

P. a. ariadne Lederer, 1853
Altai
P. a. clarus Bryk & Eisner, 1932
Saur, Tarbagatai
P. a. jiadengyttensis Huang & Murayama
Parnassius ariadne jiadengyttensis ; [MRS, 200]

Parnassius delphius Eversmann, 1843
Afghanistan, C.Asia, Pakistan, N.India, Kashmir, Tibet, W.China. See [About maps] Parnassius delphius Eversmann, 1843; Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou 16 (3): 541, pl. 7, f. 1A-B, TL: "Altai" [= error, Dzhungarsky Alatau, Kazakhstan]
Parnassius delphius, Extracts from [BRU] by [Ilya Osipov]
Parnassius delphius ; [BRU, 138]; [MRS, 205]

Larva on Cysticorydalis fedtschenkoana, Corydalis onobrichis [BRU]

P. d. delphius Eversmann, 1843
Dzhungarsky Alatau
P. d. namanganus Staudinger, 1886
NW. of Lake Issyk-Kul ?namaganus[sic?] ?Elwes, 1886; (spell., author?)
P. d. albulus Honrath, 1889
SW. of Lake Issyk-Kul
P. d. pulchra Eisner, 1939
N. of Lake Issyk-Kul
P. d. constans O. Bang-Haas, 1915
C.Tien Shan
P. d. f. styx Staudinger, 1886
delphius f. styx Staudinger, 1886; (infrasubspec.)
P. d. f. satanas A. Bang-Haas, 1910
delphius f. satanas A. Bang-Haas, 1910; (infrasubspec.)
Parnassius delphius karaschahricus ; [MRS, 205]
Parnassius delphius mephisto ; [MRS, 205]
P. d. kohibaba Clench & Shoumatoff, 1956
Afghanistan Parnassius delphius kohibaba Clench & Shoumatoff, 1956; Vidensk. Medd. Dansk Naturh. Forening 118: (141-192), TL: btw Surtu and top of Mt. Shah Fuladi, ca. 5000m

?Parnassius stoliczkanus Felder, 1865?²
Kashmir. See [About maps] stoliczkanus Felder, 1865?²; Reise der ... Fregatte Novara (Lep.)

Parnassius acdestis Grum-Grshimailo, 1891
Kirghizia, Kashmir, Tibet, Sikkim, Bhutan, W.China. See [About maps] Parnassius acdestis Grum-Grshimailo, 1891; Trudy russk. ent. Obshch. (25): 446
P. a. rupshuana Avinoff, 1916
P. a. takedai Mikami & Sakakibara, 1988
P. a. ladakensis Avinoff, 1916
P. a. peshkei Eisner, 1933
P. a. yanae Huang, 1998
NW.Tibet Parnassius acdestis yanae Huang, 1998; Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 41: 273, pl. 1, f. 3a-d, 4a, 4b, TL: Main Peak of the Xiagangjiang Mts., 5200-5300m
P. a. limitis Weiss & Michel
Parnassius acdestis limitis ; [MRS, 205]
Parnassius acdestis hades ; [MRS, 205]
P. a. cerevisiae Weiss & Michel
Parnassius acdestis cerevisiae ; [MRS, 205]
Parnassius acdestis lathonius ; [MRS, 205]
P. a. macdonardi Rothschild
Parnassius acdestis macdonardi ; [MRS, 205]
Parnassius acdestis felix ; [MRS, 205]
Parnassius acdestis peeblesi ; [MRS, 205]
P. a. imperatoides Weiss & Michel
Parnassius acdestis imperatoides ; [MRS, 205]
P. a. ohkuma Koiwaya
Parnassius acdestis ohkuma ; [MRS, 205]
P. a. manco Koiwaya
Parnassius acdestis manco ; [MRS, 205]
P. a. vogti (Bang-Haas)
Parnassius acdestis vogti ; [MRS, 205]
Parnassius acdestis cinerosus ; [MRS, 205]
Parnassius acdestis irenaephis ; [MRS, 205]

Parnassius stenosemus Honrath²
Parnassius stenosemus ; [EBW]

Parnassius maximinus Staudinger, 1891
W.Tian-Shan. See [About maps] Parnassius maximinus Staudinger, 1891; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris, 4 (1): 158, TL: [Chatkalsky Mts, Uzbekistan]
Parnassius maximinus, Extracts from [BRU] by [Ilya Osipov]
Parnassius maximinus ; [BRU, 139]

Larva on Corydalis darwasica, C. ledebouriana [BRU]

Parnassius maximinus maximinus ; Bergmann, 1995, Atalanta 26 (1/2): pl. I, f. 3, 5-6
P. m. kasakstanus O. Bang-Haas, 1933
P. m. legezina Bergmann, 1995
W.Tian-Shan Parnassius maximinus legezina Bergmann, 1995; Atalanta 26 (1/2): 140, pl. I, f. 1-2, 4, TL: Usbekistan, W. Tian-Shan, Kurmaminski-Kette, Kamtschik-Pass, 1600-2000m

Parnassius staudingeri A. Bang-Haas, 1882
Pamirs-Alai, Hindu Kush, Karakorum, W.Kuen-Lun. See [About maps] Parnassius staudingeri A. Bang-Haas, 1882; Berl. ent. Z. 26 (1): 163, pl. 2, f. 7-8, 8a, TL: [Mt. Khazret-Sultan, W. Ghissarsky Mts]
Parnassius staudingeri, Extracts from [BRU] by [Ilya Osipov]
Parnassius staudingeri ; [BRU, 139]; [MRS, 205]

Larva on Cysticorydalis fedtschenkoana, Corydalis onobrychis [BRU]

P. s. staudingeri A. Bang-Haas, 1882
W.Ghissar staudingeri hodja Avinov, 1913
P. s. hissaricus Eisner, 1968
E.Ghissar staudingeri tzvetaevi J.L. Shchetkin, 1977
P. s. difficilis Murzin, 1989
Turkestansky Mts
P. s. infernalis Elwes, 1886
Alaisky, E.Zaalaisky Mts
P. s. illustris Grum-Grshimailo, 1888
W. Zaalaisky Mts
P. s. inacessibilis J.J. Shchetkin, 1979
Darvaz staudingeri valentinae J.J. Scchetkin, 1977; (nom. praeocc.)
P. s. darvasicus Avinov, 1916
W.Pamirs
P. s. jacobsoni Avinon, 1913
SW.Pamirs
P. s. hunza Grum-Grshimailo, 1888
SE.Pamirs
Parnassius staudingeri mustagata ; [MRS, 205]

Parnassius kiritshenkoi Avinov, 1910
E.Pamirs. See [About maps] Parnassius kiritshenkoi Avinov, 1910; Hor. Soc. ent. Ross., 39: 228, t. 14, f. 1, TL: Alichur Mts, E. Pamirs
Parnassius kiritshenkoi, Extracts from [BRU] by [Ilya Osipov]
Parnassius kiritshenkoi ; [BRU, 140]
?P. k. dunkeldykus Sotshivko & Kaabak, 1996
Sarykolsky Mts kiritshenkoi dunkeldykus Sotshivko & Kaabak, 1996; , TL: Sarylkolsky Mts

Parnassius cardinal Grum-Grshimailo, 1887
Darvaz, N.Afghanistan (Badahshan). See [About maps] Parnassius cardinal Grum-Grshimailo, 1887; in Romanoff, Mém. Lép., 3: 397, TL: [Plateau Tupchek, upper reaches of Kara-Shara River, Peter 1 Mts, Tajikistan]
Parnassius cardinal, Extracts from [BRU] by [Ilya Osipov]
Parnassius cardinal ; [BRU, 140]

Larva on Corydalis ledebouriana [BRU]


Parnassius patricius Niepelt, 1911
Tian-Shan. See [About maps] Parnassius patricius Niepelt, 1911; Int. ent. Z. 5: 274, TL: "Naryn" [Inner Tian-Shan, Kirghizia]
Parnassius patricius, Extracts from [BRU] by [Ilya Osipov]
Parnassius patricius ; [BRU, 140]

Larva on Cysticorydalis fedtschenkoana [BRU]

P. p. priamus Bryk, 1914
P. p. lukhtanovi Rose, 1992
Khan-Tengri peak
P. p. uzungyrus D. Weiss, 1979
Kirghizsky Mts patricius haugumensis Eisner, 1979
P. p. luedwigi Kreuzberg, 1989
Chatkalsky, Talassky
P. p. kardakoffi Bryk & Eisner, 1930
Kunghei-Alatau, Zailiisky Alatau

Parnassius simo Gray, 1853 (?1852)
Tadzhikistan, Kirghizia, Kashmir, Hindu Kush, Himalayas, Ladak, N.India, Tibet, W.China, Mongolia. See [About maps] Parnassius simo Gray, 1853 (?1852); Cat. Lep. Ins. Br. Mus. 1: 76, pl. 12, figs 3, 4, TL: "Chinese Tartary" [between Kumaon and Kashmir]
Parnassius simo, Extracts from [BRU] by [Ilya Osipov]
Parnassius simo ; [BRU, 141]; [BOW: pl. 135, f. 18]; [MRS, 209]; Huang, 1998, Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 41: 275 (note), pl. 2, f. 5d, 6c-d

Larva on Lagotis globosa?, L. decumbens? [BRU]

P. s. avinovi Verity, 1911
E.Pamirs simo hilariae Kreuzberg, 1986
P. s. simulator Staudinger, 1889
?
P. s. gylippos Fruhstorfer, 1901
?
P. s. lise Eisner
Parnassius simo lise ; [MRS, 209]
Parnassius simo kunlunensis ; [MRS, 209]
Parnassius simo kosiovi ; [MRS, 209]
Parnassius simo norikae ; [MRS, 209]
P. s. simplicata Stich, 1907
simo simplicata Stich, 1907; , TL: Altun Shan
Parnassius simo simplicata ; Huang, 1998, Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 41: 275 (note), pl. 2, f. 5c
Parnassius simo simplicatus ; [MRS, 209]
P. s. confusus Bang-Haas
Parnassius simo confusus ; [MRS, 209]
Parnassius simo lenzeni ; [MRS, 209]
P. s. acconus Fruhstorfer
Parnassius simo acconus ; [MRS, 209]
Parnassius simo hingstoni ; [MRS, 209]
Xiagangjian Mts. Parnassius simo bainqenerdini Huang, 1998; Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 41: 275, pl. 2, f. 5a-b, 6a-b, TL: Main Peak, 5200-5300

Parnassius andreji Eisner
Parnassius andreji ; [MRS, 209]
P. a. eos Bryk & Eisner
Parnassius andreji eos ; [MRS, 209]
P. a. simillimus Bryk & Eisner
Parnassius andreji simillimus ; [MRS, 209]
Parnassius andreji buddenbrocki ; [MRS, 209]
P. a. dirschi Bang-Haas
Parnassius andreji disrchi ; [MRS, 209]
Parnassius andreji ogawai ; [MRS, 209]

Parnassius simonius Staudinger, 1889
Pamirs-Alai Parnassius simonius Staudinger, 1889; Stett. ent. Ztg., 50: 16, TL: ".. Pamir-Gebiet (oder Transalai?)"
Parnassius simonius, Extracts from [BRU] by [Ilya Osipov]
Parnassius simonius ; [BRU, 141]

Larva on Lagotis decumbens?, Veronica luetkeana? [BRU]

P. s. simonius Staudinger, 1889
Zaalaisky
P. s. grayi Avinov, 1916
Alaisky
P. s. nigrificatus Kreuzberg, 1986
P. s. taldicus Gundorov, 1991
simonius shuvalorum Kreuzberg & Pljushch, 1992

Parnassius boedromius Püngeler, 1901
Tian-Shan. See [About maps] Parnassius boedromius Püngeler, 1901; D. ent. Z. Iris, 14: 177, t. 1, Abb. 3-4
Parnassius boedromius, Extracts from [BRU] by [Ilya Osipov]
Parnassius boedromius ; [BRU, 142]

Larva on Lagotis decumbens?, L. integrifolia? [BRU]

P. b. prasolovi Kreuzberg, 1986
Inner Tian-Shan
P. b. hohlbecki Avinov, 1913
N.Tian-Shan
P. b. martiniheringi Bryk & Eisner, 1930
Zailiisky, Kunghei-Alatau
P. b. sokolovi Kreuzberg, 1990
NW.Tian-Shan

Parnassius tenedius Eversmann, 1851
Altai - W.Chukot, Yakut, Tura, N.China, Mongolia. See [About maps] Parnassius tenedius Eversmann, 1851; Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou 24(2): 621, TL: [Irkutsk Region, Russia]
Parnassius tenedius tenedius, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Parnassius tenedius, Extracts from [BRU] by [Ilya Osipov]
Parnassius tenedius ; [BRU, 142]; [MRS, 209]

Larva on Corydalis sibirica, C. capnoides [BRU], Corydalis spp. [MRS]

P. t. vulcanus Bryk & Eisner, 1932
Altai
P. t. scepticus Bryk & Eisner, 1932
Transbaikalia Parnassius tenedius sceptica ; [MRS, 209]
P. t. britae Bryk, 1932
Chukot, Far East

Parnassius arctica (Eisner, 1968)
NE.Yakutia. See [About maps] arctica (Eisner, 1968); Zool. Meded., 43: 15, t. 1, Abb. 7, 8, TL: [Verkhoyansky Mts., Yakutia]
?Parnassius ammosovi Korshunov, 1988
Parnassius ammosovi, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Parnassius arctica, Extracts from [BRU] by [Ilya Osipov]
Parnassius arctica ; [BRU, 142]

Larva on Corydalis corodkovi [BRU]


Parnassius bremeri Bremer, 1864
Lake Baikal - Ussuri, NE.China, Korea. See [About maps] Parnassius bremeri Bremer, 1864; Mem. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersburg 8(1): 6, t. 1, f. 3, 4, TL: [Delta of Oldoi River ...]
Parnassius bremeri, Extracts from [BRU] by [Ilya Osipov]
Parnassius bremeri ; [BRU, 143]; [MRS, 193]
[bremeri-1l.jpg] 640x480 (~69Kb) larva Raddejewka (Amur), ex. ovo 2000, Photo © Hans Degler [bremeri-2l.jpg] 640x480 (~58Kb) larva Raddejewka (Amur), ex. ovo 2000, Photo © Hans Degler [bremeri-3l.jpg] 640x480 (~85Kb) larva Raddejewka (Amur), ex. ovo 2000, Photo © Hans Degler
[bremeri-3u.jpg] 640x480 (~76Kb) upperside Raddejewka (Amur), ex. ovo 2000, Photo © Hans Degler [bremeri-3v.jpg] 640x480 (~76Kb) underside Raddejewka (Amur), ex. ovo 2000, Photo © Hans Degler [bremeri-4.jpg] 640x480 (~58Kb) Raddejewka (Amur), ex. ovo 2000, Photo © Hans Degler
[bremeri-4v.jpg] 640x480 (~69Kb) underside Raddejewka (Amur), ex. ovo 2000, Photo © Hans Degler

Larva on Sedum aizoon, Sedum ussuriensis, S. ishida, Orostachys malacophylla [BRU], Sedum spp., Sedum quadrifolium [MRS]


P. b. conjunctus Staudinger, 1901
Ussuri
P. b. graeseri Honrath, 1885
Transbaikalia
P. b. amgunensis Sheljuzhko, 1928
Lower Amur region
P. b. orotschonicus O. Bang-Haas, 1927
Sikhote-Alin (coast) bremeri olgensis Kardakov, 1928
P. b. nipponus Kreuzberg, 1992
Kunashir Island

Parnassius nomion Fischer de Waldheim, 1823
Urals, Altai, S.Siberia - Ussuri, Amur, Mongolia, China, Korea. See [About maps] Parnassius nomion Fischer de Waldheim, 1823; Entomographia Imp. ross., 2: 242, TL: "Dauria"
Parnassius nomion, Extracts from [BRU] by [Ilya Osipov]
Parnassius nomion ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 2 [for Alaska, missid.?]; [BRU, 143]; [MRS, 196]
[nomion-1u.jpg] 510x390 (~45Kb) upperside The Koksu River left bank 2 km upstream of its junctin with the Argut River, Central Altai Mountains, West Siberia, Russia. July 1988 (sitting on Spiraea chamaedryfolia), Photo © Oleg Kosterin [nomion-2mu.jpg] 800x600 (~105Kb) upperside male Spiraea salicifolia L. bushes on the Onon River right bank floodland just below a high steppen terrace, 5 km upstream of the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, Chita Province, Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia, 16th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin [nomion-2mv.jpg] 533x400 (~42Kb) underside male Spiraea salicifolia L. bushes on the Onon River right bank floodland just below a high steppen terrace, 5 km upstream of the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, Chita Province, Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia, 16th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
[nomion-3l.jpg] 800x600 (~117Kb) larva A meadow steppe on a moderate elevation Adon-Chelon at the mountain Tsagan-Obo, 10 km NNW of the village Tasyrkhoi, SE Chita Province (Dahuria), Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia, 20th June 1995 (The last instar larva near its foodplant Sedum aizoon L.), Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Larva on Sedum, Orostachys [BRU]


P. n. nomion Fischer von Waldheim, 1823
Transbaikalia
P. n. dis Grum-Grshimailo, 1890
E.Sayan Mts
P. n. nominulus Staudinger, 1895
Tuva
P. n. aurora O. Bang-Haas, 1933
Amur
P. n. mandschuriae Oberthür, 1891
Ussuri Parnassius nomion mandschuriae ; [MRS, 196]
P. n. korshunovi Kreuzberg & Pljushch, 1992
Altai, W.Sayan, Urals
Parnassius nomion oberthuerianus ; [MRS, 196]
P. n. tsinlingensis Bryk & Eisner
Parnassius nomion tsinlingensis ; [MRS, 196]
Parnassius nomion shansiensis ; [MRS, 196]
Parnassius nomion richthofeni ; [MRS, 196]
P. n. theagenes Fruhstorfer
Parnassius nomion theagenes ; [MRS, 196]
Parnassius nomion gabrieli ; [MRS, 196]
P. n. nomius Grum-Grshimailo
Parnassius nomion nomius ; [MRS, 196]
P. n. minschani Bryk-Eisner
Parnassius nomion minschani ; [MRS, 196]

fiParnassius apollo (Linnaeus, 1758)
EU, Tien-Shan, Siberia - Yakutia, N.Urals - Transcaucasia, Asia Minor, Middle East, Mongolia. See [About maps] Apollo Apollo Apollofjäril Apollo l'Apollon Apolo Niepylak apollo
Papilio apollo Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 465, TL: Sweden
Parnassius apollo, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Parnassius apollo, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Parnassius apollo, Norges Sommerfugler [NORLEP]
Parnassius apollo, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Parnassius apollo, Extracts from [BRU] by [Ilya Osipov]
Parnassius apollo, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]
Parnassius apollo, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]
Parnassius apollo ; [BRU, 144]; [BOW: pl. 1, f. 6]; [MRS, 198]; [Otakar Kudrna]
[apollo-1u.jpg] 500x320 (~63Kb) upperside Mt. Canigou, Pyrenees Orientales, France 27/7/96, Photo © Simon Coombes [apollo-2u.jpg] 500x345 (~20Kb) upperside Sweden, Gotland, Hejnum, 23.7.1996, Photo © Tero Piirainen [apollo-2v.jpg] 500x435 (~27Kb) underside Sweden, Gotland, Hejnum, 23.7.1996, Photo © Tero Piirainen
[apollo-3l.jpg] 600x360 (~53Kb) larva Finland, Parainen 669:23, 25.06.1985, Photo © Pertti Pakkanen [apollo-4l.jpg] 640x480 (~88Kb) larva Sweden, Småland, ex. ovo, Photo 2000 © Hans Degler [apollo-4p.jpg] 640x480 (~88Kb) pupa Sweden, Småland, ex. ovo, Photo 2000 © Hans Degler
[apollo-5l.jpg] 598x400 (~81Kb) larva Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch [apollo-5u.jpg] 598x400 (~58Kb) upperside Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch

Larva on Sedum telephium, S. album, S. rupestre, S. rosea [SPRK], Hylotelephium caucasicum, Sempervivum [BRU]


P. a. finmarchicus Rothschild, 1906
N.Europe (Karelia)
P. a. democratus Kulikowsky, 1906
C.Europe
P. a. rosenius Fruhstorfer, 1923
Carpathians
P. a. graecus Ziegler, 1901
Bulgaria?
P. a. limicola Stichel, 1906
Urals
P. a. alpherakyi Krulikowsky, 1906
Altai Parnassius apollo alpherakyi, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
P. a. merzbacheri Fruhstorfer, 1906
N.Tian Shan, Dzhungarsky Alatau
[merzbacheri-1mu.jpg] 533x400 (~66Kb) upperside male A meadowy southern slope of the Tyshkan River valley, altitude of 2400 m, 38 km NEN of Zharkent, 13 km NEN of Sarybel', massif Tyshkantau, the Southern Dzhungarian Alatau mountain chain (NE part of Tien Shan), Zharkent District, Taldy-Kurgan region, SE Kazakhstan. 24th of July 1994, Photo © Oleg Kosterin [merzbacheri-2mu.jpg] 755x483 (~51Kb) upperside male A meadowy southern slope of the Tyshkan River valley, altitude of 2400 m, 38 km NEN of Zharkent, 13 km NEN of Sarybel', massif Tyshkantau, the Southern Dzhungarian Alatau mountain chain (NE part of Tien Shan), Zharkent District, Taldy-Kurgan region, SE Kazakhstan. 24th of July 1994, Photo © Oleg Kosterin [merzbacheri-3m.jpg] 732x476 (~41Kb) male A meadowy southern slope of the Tyshkan River valley, altitude of 2400 m, 38 km NEN of Zharkent, 13 km NEN of Sarybel', massif Tyshkantau, the Southern Dzhungarian Alatau mountain chain (NE part of Tien Shan), Zharkent District, Taldy-Kurgan region, SE Kazakhstan. 24th of July 1994 (in spider web), Photo © Oleg Kosterin

P. a. meinhardi Sheljuzhko, 1924
N.Kazakhstan, W.Siberia
P. a. sibiricus Nordmann, 1851
E.Siberia
[sibiricus-1l.jpg] 533x400 (~62Kb) larva A rocky south-exposed slope of the right board of the Berd' River valley 13 km SE of the village Novososedovo (on the elevation of Salairskii Kryazh), Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 10th May 1996 (A mature instar larva), Photo © Oleg Kosterin

P. a. hesebolus Nordmann, 1851
Transbaikalia, Yakutia Parnassius apollo hesebolus, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
P. a. suaneticus Arnold, 1909
Caucasus Major
P. a. kashtsehenko Sheljuzhko, 1908
Caucasus Minor, Armenia
P. a. leovigildus Fruhstorfer, 1909
Parnassius apollo leovigildus Fruhstorfer, 1909; Int. ent. Zs. 3 (30): 161
[leovigildus-1l.jpg] 640x480 (~93Kb) larva France, Montage de Lure, ex. ovo (2nd gen.), Photo 2000 © Hans Degler

P. a. provincialis Kheil, 1905
[provincialis-1l.jpg] 640x480 (~82Kb) larva France, Mont Lachens, ex. ovo, Photo 2000 © Hans Degler

P. a. rhea (Poda, 1761)
P. a. jelicus Fruhstorfer, 1921
Parnassius apollo jelicus Fruhstorfer, 1921; Ent. Anz. 1 (8): 87 (10 August), TL: Serbien, Jelicapass
jelicus ; Abadjiev, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 14
P. a. graecus Ziegler, 1901
Parnassius apollo graecus Ziegler, 1901; Berliner Ent. Zeitschrift 46 (1): (11)
Parnassius apollo omotimoius Fruhstorfer, 1921; Ent. Anz. 1 (8): 88 (10 August), TL: Vitosch near Sofia, Bulgaria
= ; Abadjiev, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 14
Parnassius apollo yglanus Fruhstorfer, 1921; Ent. Anz. 1 (8): 88 (10 August), TL: Rila Planina, 1400m, Bulgaria
= ; Abadjiev, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 14
Parnassius apollo hermiston Fruhstorfer, 1921; Ent. Anz. 1 (8): 89 (10 August), TL: Balkan, Schipkapass, ca. 1300m, Bulgaria
= ; Abadjiev, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 15
Parnassius apollo olympiacus Kolar & Rebel, 1934; Int. ent. Z. 28 (29): 368, TL: Kalyvia Vrissula, Olymp., 1300m [Greece]
= ; Abadjiev, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 15
Parnassius apollo thessalicus O. Bang-Haas, 1934; Ent. Z. Frankf. a. M. 48 (16): 128, TL: Greece, Thessalia, Litochoran, Olymp., 2100-2400m
= ; Abadjiev, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 15
omotimoius ; Abadjiev, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 14
yglanus ; Abadjiev, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 14
hermiston ; Abadjiev, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 15
olympiacus ; Abadjiev, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 15
thessalicus ; Abadjiev, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 15
P. a. ottonius Fruhstorfer, 1909
Parnassius apollo ottonius Fruhstorfer, 1909; Int. ent. Zs. 3 (30): 161, TL: "österreichischen Küstenlande.. Krain"
Parnassius apollo leimdoerfferi Bryk, 1935; Das Tierreich 65: 450, TL: "Fiume (Cirkvenica)" [Croatia, Rijeka, Crikvenica]
= ; Abadjiev, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 16
ottonius ; Abadjiev, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 13
leimdoerfferi ; Abadjiev, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 16

Parnassius apollonius (Eversmann, 1804)
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kirghizia, Tadzhikistan, W.Sinkiang. See [About maps] apollonius (Eversmann, 1804); Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou 20(2): 71, t. 3, f. 1-2, TL: "Songaria"
Parnassius apollonius, Extracts from [BRU] by [Ilya Osipov]
Parnassius apollonius ; [BRU, 144]; [MRS, 193]

Larva on Pseudosedum, Rosularia spp. [BRU], Salsola spp., Scabiosa spp., Rhodiola semenovi [MRS]

P. a. apollonius Eversmann, 1804
S.Altai, Saur, Tarbagatai, Dzhungarsky Alatau
P. a. poseidon Bryk & Eisner, 1934
W.Tian-Shan
P. a. glaucopsis Bryk & Eisner, 1934
S.Kazakhstan
P. a. gloriosus Fruhstorfer, 1904
N.Tian-Shan
P. a. narynus Fruhstorfer, 1908
Inner Tian-Shan
P. a. alpinus Staudinger, 1887
Alai
P. a. daubi Fruhstorfer, 1903
Ghissar
P. a. aphrodite Bryk & Eisner, 1934
Ili River valley
P. a. kuldschaensis Bryk & Eisner
Parnassius apollonius kuldschaensis ; [MRS, 193]
P. a. horaki Kreuzberg, 1989

Parnassius phoebus (Fabricius, 1793)
Alps, Urals, Siberia, Kazakhastan, Mongolia, China, Alaska?, Alberta?. See [About maps] Small Apollo Phoebus Parnassian Alpen-Apollo
Papilio phoebus Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 181, TL: Altai, Ongudai
Papilio delius Esper, 1800
Parnassius phoebus, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Parnassius phoebus, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Parnassius phoebus, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Parnassius phoebus, Extracts from [BRU] by [Ilya Osipov]
Parnassius phoebus, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]
Parnassius phoebus ; [BRU, 145]; [NACL, #4155]; [BOW: pl. 1, f. 8]; [MRS, 194]; [Opler]; [Otakar Kudrna]
[phoebus-1f.jpg] 717x456 (~33Kb) female 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, Photo © Oleg Kosterin [phoebus-1l.jpg] 1084x396 (~68Kb) larva A SW slope of a mountain SE of the peak Ilyas and SW of the peak Zhaniktu, which divides sources of the Chikty Rivulet, 3000 m above sea level, the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 15th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Larva on Saxifraga aizioides, Sempervivum montanum [H&R]

Larva on Sedum lanceolatum, Sedum obtusatum, Sedum? [NAB]

Larva on Rhodiola rosea, Sedum spp., Saxifraga spp. [BRU]

Larva on Saxifraga spp., Saxifraga aizioides, S. calycina, S. nivalis, Sempervivum montanum, S. tectorum, Sedum stenopetalum, S. telephium, Sedum fabria, S. album, S. debile, S. obtusatum, S. wrightii, S. lanceolatum [MRS]


[confederationis-1l.jpg] 640x480 (~132Kb) larva ?Schweiz, centralalps, ex. ovo 2001, Photo © Hans Degler

P. p. intermedius Ménétriés, 1851
S.Altai
P. p. fortuna O. Bang-Haas, 1912
Transbaikalia Parnassius phoebus fortuna ; [MRS, 194]
P. p. ochotskensis Bryk & Eisner, 1931
Russian far east (coastal mountains)
[ochotskensis-1fu.jpg] 533x400 (~73Kb) upperside female A flowery slope of the coastal terrace at the Burgauli River mouth on the south (Ochot Sea) coast of the Koni Peninsula, Ola District, S Magadan Province, Russia. 17th July, 1989, Photo © Oleg Kosterin [ochotskensis-1mv.jpg] 400x533 (~50Kb) underside male A flowery slope of the coastal terrace on the Cape Alevina - the south-west ending of the Koni Peninsula, Ola District, S Magadan Province, Russia. 15th July, 1989, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

P. p. uralensis Ménétriés, 1859
Polar Urals
Yakutia
P. p. sedakovi Ménétriés, [1850]
Baikal phoebus sedakovi Ménétriés, [1850]; in Siemaschko
Parnassius phoebus sedakovi, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
P. p. corybas Fischer von Waldheim, 1824
Kamchatka phoebus kamtchatica Ménétriés, 1859
P. p. f. alpestris Verity, 1911
Altai
P. p. sauricus Lukhtanov, 1999
E.Kasakstan (Saur-Tarbagatai Mts.) Parnassius phoebus sauricus Lukhtanov, 1999; Atalanta 30 (1/4): 136, TL: Kasakstan, Ust-Kemenogorsk, Saur, Kysylkiya, 2900m
P. p. apricatus Stichel, 1906
C.Alaska - W.Yukon Parnassius phoebus apricatus, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Parnassius phoebus apricatus ; [NACL, #4155i]
P. p. golovinus Holland, 1930
W.Alaska Parnassius phoebus golovinus ; [NACL, #4155j]
P. p. alaskensis Eisner, 1956
alaskaensis Eisner, 1957; (emend.)
Parnassius phoebus alaskensis ; [NACL, #4155k]

ssp. of smintheus?

P. p. elias Bryk, 1934
Parnassius phoebus elias ; [NACL, #4155l]

ssp. of smintheus?

P. p. sayii Edwards, 1863
hermodur H. Edwards, 1881; Papilio 1: 4
nigerrimus Verity, 1907
mariae Bryk, 1912
quincunx Bryk, 1915, not Bryk, 1914
polus Ehrmann, 1917
montanus Ehrmann, 1918
utahensis Rothschild, 1918
fermatus Bryk, 1921
melanophorus Bryk, 1921
sordellus Fruhstorfer, 1923
aristion Fruhstorfer, 1923
catullius Fruhstorfer, 1923
dakotaensis Bryk & Eisner, 1935
hollandi Bryk & Eisner, 1935
rotgeri Bang-Haas, 1938
reducta Bang-Haas, 1938
discocircumcinctus Eisner, 1955
rubiana Wyatt, 1961
excelsior Eisner, 1969
pholus ; Barner & Benjamin, 1926, (missp.)
hermador ; F. M. Brown, Eff & Rotger, 1956, (missp.)
Parnassius smintheus hermodur ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 1
Parnassius phoebus sayii ; [NACL, #4155g]

ssp. of smintheus?


Parnassius smintheus Doubleday, [1847]
Alaska, British Columbia, W.USA. See [About maps] Mountain Parnassian
Parnassius smintheus Doubleday, [1847]; Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): pl. 4
sedakovii Ménétriés, 1855; Cat. lep. Petersb. 1: 71
rocky Grum-Grshimailo, 1890
nanus Neumann, 1890; Ent. Amer. 6: 61
minor Verity, 1907; (preocc. Staudinger, 1881)
minusculus Bryk, 1912
quincunx Bryk, 1914
verity Ehrmann, 1918; (repl. name)
ernestinae Bryk & Eisner, 1935
manitobaensis Bryk & Eisner, 1935
Parnassius smintheus, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Parnassius smintheus nanus ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 1
Parnassius smintheus sedakovii ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 1
Parnassius phoebus smintheus ; [NACL, #4155e]
Parnassius smintheus ; [BOC, 112]; [Opler]
[smintheus-1.jpg] 900x746 (~117Kb) USA: FR3100, Wenatchee National Forest, (47°03'55N 120°57'48W), Kittitas Co., WA, 29.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela [smintheus-2u.jpg] 900x708 (~60Kb) upperside USA: FR3100, Wenatchee National Forest, (47°03'55N 120°57'48W), Kittitas Co., WA, 29.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela [smintheus-3v.jpg] 800x892 (~90Kb) underside USA: FR3100, Wenatchee National Forest, (47°03'55N 120°57'48W), Kittitas Co., WA, 29.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela
[smintheus-4u.jpg] 900x660 (~74Kb) upperside USA: FR3120(?), Wenatchee National Forest, (47°03'51N 120°58'36W), Kittitas Co., WA, 29.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela [smintheus-4ux.jpg] 800x541 (~47Kb) upperside USA: FR3120(?), Wenatchee National Forest, (47°03'51N 120°58'36W), Kittitas Co., WA, 29.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela [smintheus-4v.jpg] 1000x772 (~88Kb) underside USA: FR3120(?), Wenatchee National Forest, (47°03'51N 120°58'36W), Kittitas Co., WA, 29.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela
[smintheus-5u.jpg] 1000x686 (~97Kb) upperside USA: FR3330(?), Wenatchee National Forest, (47°04'11N 120°56'09W), Kittitas Co., WA, 29.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela [smintheus-6mu.jpg] 1600x1200 (~354Kb) upperside male Canada, Alberta [not Manitoba], nr. Exshaw, 15.VII.1933 (Parnassius smintheus "manitobaensis"), Photo 2004 © Joseph Belicek NHMW Wien

Larva on Sedum lanceolatum, S. roseum, S. divergens, S. stenopetalum, S. oreganum [BOC]


P. s. sternitzkyi McDunnough, 1936
N.California Parnassius smintheus sternitzkyi McDunnough, 1936; Can. ent. 68: , TL: Castle Lake, Siskiyou Co., California
Parnassius smintheus sternitzkyi, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Parnassius phoebus sternitzkyi ; [NACL, #4155b]
Parnassius smintheus sternitzkyi ; [BOC]
P. s. magnus Wright, 1905
Washington smintheus magnus Wright, 1905; , TL: Enderby, British Columbia
Parnassius phoebus magnus ; [NACL, #4155c]
Parnassius smintheus magnus ; [BOC, 112]
[magnus-1fu.jpg] 1816x1500 (~469Kb) upperside female Canada, British Columbia, Record Ridge, Photo © Norbert Kondla [magnus-1fv.jpg] 1800x1500 (~429Kb) underside female Canada, British Columbia, Record Ridge, Photo © Norbert Kondla [magnus-1mu.jpg] 1810x1466 (~349Kb) upperside male Canada, British Columbia, Record Ridge, Photo © Norbert Kondla leg.
[magnus-1mv.jpg] 1752x1398 (~324Kb) underside male Canada, British Columbia, Record Ridge, Photo © Norbert Kondla leg.

P. s. olympiannus Burdick, 1941
Olympic Mountains, Vancouver Is. Parnassius smintheus olympiannus Burdick, 1941; Can. Ent. 73 (7): (117-118), TL: Hurricane Hill, Olympic Peninsula, Clallam Co., Washington
Parnassius phoebus guppyi Wyatt, 1969; Z. wien. ent. Ges. 54: (132-133), TL: Mt. Arrowsmith, Vancouver I., British Columbia
Parnassius phoebus olympianus ; [NACL, #4155d (missp.)]
Parnassius smintheus olympiannus ; [BOC, 112]

Larva on Sedum divergens Guppy, 1998, J. Lep. Soc. 52 (1): 113 (for guppyi in Vancouver I.)

P. s. xanthus Ehrmann, 1918
Washington smintheus xanthus Ehrmann, 1918; , TL: Moscow, Idaho
= ?Parnassius smintheus magnus Wright, 1905;
mendicus Stichel, 1907; (ab.)
pseudocorybas Verity, 1907; (ab.)
idahoensis Bryk & Eisner, 1931; , TL: Wallace, Idaho
= ?Parnassius smintheus magnus Wright, 1905;
montanulus Bryk & Eisner, 1931; , TL: Missoula, Montana
= ?Parnassius smintheus magnus Wright, 1905;
maximus Bryk & Eisner, 1937; , TL: Judith Mtns, Montana
Parnassius phoebus xanthus ; [NACL, #4155f]
Parnassius smintheus xanthus ; [BOC, 112]
P. s. pseudorotgeri Eisner, 1966
Colorado (San Juan Mtns) Parnassius smintheus pseudorotgeri, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Parnassius phoebus pseudorotgeri ; [NACL, #4155h]
P. s. yukonensis Eisner, 1969
S.Yukon, British Columbia Parnassius phoebus yukonensis ; [NACL, #4155m]

Parnassius behrii Edwards, 1870
California. See [About maps] Parnassius behrii Edwards, 1870; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 3: 10
niger W. G. Wright, 1905
astriotes Fruhstorfer, 1923
Parnassius behrii, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Parnassius smintheus behrii ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 1
Parnassius phoebus behrii ; [NACL, #4155a]
Parnassius behrii ; [Opler]

Parnassius honrathi Staudinger, 1882
Ghissar-Alai, W.Pamirs, Badahshan. See [About maps] Parnassius honrathi Staudinger, 1882; Berl. Ent. Z. 26: 161, pl. 1, f. 5, 6, pl. 2, f. 5, TL: Hazret-Sultan-Gebirge, südlich von Samarkand
Parnassius honrathi, Extracts from [BRU] by [Ilya Osipov]
Parnassius honrathi ; [BRU, 145]
P. h. honrathi Staudinger, 1882
W.Ghissar Parnassius honrathi tusovi J.J & J.L Shchetkin, 1989; : (53-55)
P. h. ernesti Bryk, 1932
E.Ghissar, Darvaz, Parnassius honrathi chaitcus J.L & J.J Shchetkin, 1989; : (53-55)
honrathi kondarensis J.J Shchetkin, 1988
P. h. alburnus Stichel, 1907
W.Pamirs

Parnassius jacquemonti Boisduval, 1836
Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, N.India, Chitral - Kumaon, Tibet, Sinkiang, Kansu, Szechwan. See [About maps] Keeled Apollo
Parnassius jacquemonti Boisduval, 1836; Spéc. Gén. Lép. 1: 400, TL: "...l'Himalaya"
Parnassius jacquemonti ; [BRU, 145]
Parnassius jacquemontii ; [EBW]; [MRS, 194]

Larva on Rhodiola spp. [BRU]

P. j. variabilis Stichel, 1906
Ghissar, Alai, Inner Tian-Shan jacquemonti diana Bryk, 1934
P. j. rubicundus Stichel, 1906
W.Pamirs
P. j. pamirus O. Bang-Haas, 1927
E.Pamirs
Parnassius jacquemontii jupiterius ; [MRS, 194]
P. j. mercurius Grum-Grshimailo
Parnassius jacquemontii mercurius ; [MRS, 194]
Parnassius jacquemontii thibetanus ; [MRS, 194]
P. j. tatungi Bryk & Eisner
Parnassius jacquemontii tatungi ; [MRS, 194]

Parnassius epaphus Oberthür, 1879
Afghanistan - Kashmir, Nepal, Chitral - Sikkim, Tibet - Singkiang, Kansu, Tshingai, Szechwan. See [About maps] Common Red Apollo
Parnassius epaphus Oberthür, 1879; Etudes d'Ent. 4: 23
?beresowskyi Staudinger²
Parnassius epaphus ; [MRS, 195]
P. e. everesti Riley, 1922
epaphus everesti Riley, 1922; , TL: Mt. Everest
P. e. himalayanus Riley, 1922
epaphus himalayanus Riley, 1922; , TL: Mt. Everest
P. e. robertsi Epstein, 1979
epaphus robertsi Epstein, 1979; , TL: C.Nepal
P. e. capdevillei Epstein, 1979
epaphus capdevillei Epstein, 1979; , TL: C.Nepal
P. e. tsaiae Huang, 1998
NW.Tibet Parnassius epaphus tsaiae Huang, 1998; Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 41: 274, pl. 1, f. 4c, 4d, TL: Maojiali, Main Peak, 4900-5200
Parnassius epaphus sikkimensis ; [MRS, 195]
P. e. poeta Oberthür, 1892
Parnassius epaphus poeta ; Huang, 2001

Parnassius actius (Eversmann, 1843)
Tadzhikistan, Kirghizia, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, Sinkiang, Kansu. See [About maps] actius (Eversmann, 1843); Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscau 16: 540, t. 9, f. 2a, b, TL: "Altai" [= error?, Dzhungarsky Alatau, Kazakhstan]
Parnassius actius, Extracts from [BRU] by [Ilya Osipov]
Parnassius actius ; [BRU, 146]; [MRS, 194]
[actius-1fu.jpg] 471x350 (~64Kb) upperside female Alpine vegetation on the bank of the Kyzylagash River source, about 2800 m altitude, 17 km SE of the village Kopal, the northern slope of the Mynchukur mountain range, the Northern Dzhungarian Alatau mountain chain (NE part of Tien Shan), Kopal District, Taldy-Kurgan Province, SE Kazakhstan. 6th August 1994, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

P. a. actius Eversmann, 1843
Dzhungarsky Alatau Mts
P. a. minutus Verity, 1911
N.Tian-Shan
P. a. ambrosius Stichel, 1907
Central Tian-Shan
P. a. dubitabilis Verity, 1911
N., W. and Innert Tian-Shan
P. a. flora O. Bang-Haas, 1915
Alai, Ghissar
P. a. brutus O. Bang-Haas, 1915
E.Pamirs
?P. a. pseudobrutus Bryk & Eisner, 1914

Parnassius tianschanicus Oberthür, 1879
Tadzhikitan, Kirghizia, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan - Kasmir, Sinkiang. See [About maps] Parnassius tianschanicus Oberthür, 1879; Etudes d'Ent. 4: 108, TL: "Kuldja"
discobolus Alpheraky²
Parnassius tianschanicus ; [BRU, 146]; [MRS, 195]

Larva on Rhodiola, Pseudosedum [BRU]

P. t. tianschanicus Oberthür, 1879
Mountains N. of Lake Issyk-Kul
P. t. minor Staudinger, 1881
Dzungarsky Alatau
P. t. alexander Bryk & Eisner, 1935
Kirghizsky Mts, Talassky Mts
P. t. chimganus Kreuzberg, 1989
W.Tian-Shan
P. t. astrictio Ohya, 1987