Parnassius hunza

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Karakoram Banded Apollo

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Parnassius
Species: P. hunza
Binomial name
Parnassius hunza
Grumm-Grshimailo, 1888

Karakoram Banded Apollo Parnassius hunza is a high altitude butterfly which is found in India. It is a member of the Snow Apollo genus Parnassius of the Swallowtail (Papilionidae) family.

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[edit] Description

Male upperside ground-colour duller, more sullied white. Fore wing: the discal band in typical specimens very much shorter, not extended below vein 5, but in all specimens that I have seen that have been taken within our limits, the discal band reaches vein 1, and where it crosses interspace 3 is joined on to the postdiscal transverse band by a broad cross-bar, that extends right up to the base of that interspace. Hindwing: the sub-terminal series of dark spots reduced to one or two near the tornus, the anterior spots (except the spot in interspace 7) replaced by a curved band of somewhat luuulur spots that extends unbroken between the spot in interspace 3 and that iu interspace 7. Underside : similar to the underside in Parnassius stoliczkanus, with no red spots at the base of the hind wing; in a few specimens a discal and a subcostal black-encircled red spot are present. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen as in stoliczkanus. [1]

[edit] Range

Afghanistan, Pakistan, northern India (including Jammu & Kashmir, Himmachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal), Western China (?), Tibet (?).

[edit] Status

Widely distributed. Locally common, generally rare. Not known to be threatened. Requires further research. Protected by law in India. Featured in erstwhile USSR Red Data Book. Vulnerable.

[edit] Subspecies

  • INDIA: mamaievi O. Bang-Haas, 1915 - type locality: "Kashmir, Jurruschlucht (=Lamayurru), westlich von der Stadt Ladakh, Schamm". Known from Ladakh range: Khardung La near Leh, and from Lamayuru.

[edit] Cited references

  1. ^ Bingham, C. T. 1907. Fauna of British India. Butterflies. Volume 2

[edit] Other references

  • Collins, N.M., Morris, M.G. (1985) Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World. IUCN. ISBN 2-88032-603-6
  • Evans, W.H., (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
  • Haribal, Meena., (1992) The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya.Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation, Gangtok
  • Wynter-Blyth, M.A., (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
  • Sakai S., Inaoka S., Toshiaki A., Yamaguchi S., Watanabe Y., (2002) The Parnassiology. The Parnassius Butterflies, A Study in Evolution, Kodansha, Japan. ISBN 4-06-124051-X
  • Weiss Jean-Claude, (1999) Parnassiinae of the World, Hillside Books, Canterbury, UK. ISBN 0-9532240-2-3, OCLC 41072974

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