Parnassius dongalaicus
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| Parnassius dongalaicus Tytler, 1926 |
Tytler's Apollo Parnassius is a high altitude butterfly which is found in China.
It is a member of the Snow Apollo genus Parnassius of the Swallowtail (Papilionidae) family.
P. dongalaicus was originally described as a species, but was subsequently considered conspecific with Parnassius epaphus.Sorimachi (1995) and Sugisawa (1996) both regard P. dongalaicus as a good species sympatric with epaphus and as the senior synonym of rikihiroi Kawasaki, 1995.
[edit] References
- Sorimachi, Y. 1995. The Primer of Parnassius . Sorimachi, Saitama; 181 pp. In Japanese but including 40 plates.
- Sugisawa, S. 1996. Geographical and individual variations of the genus Parnassius Latreille, 1804 (9) Parnassius epaphus Oberthür & Parnassius dongalaicus Tytler. Illustrations of Selected Insects in the World. Series A (Lepidoptera), 9: 133-155.
