Parnassius staudingeri hunza
| Karakoram Banded Apollo | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Parnassius |
| Species: | P. staudingeri |
| Subspecies: | P. s. hunza |
| Trinomial name | |
| Parnassius staudingeri hunza Grumm-Grshimailo, 1888 | |
The Karakoram Banded Apollo (Parnassius staudingeri hunza) is a high altitude butterfly which is found in India. It is a member of genus Parnassius of the swallowtail (Papilionidae) family. It was variously treated as a subspecies of P. delphius and a distinct species.
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 onto 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]
Range
Afghanistan, Pakistan, northern India (including Jammu & Kashmir, Himmachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal), Western China (?), Tibet (?).
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.
See also
Cited references
- ↑ Bingham, C. T. 1907. Fauna of British India. Butterflies. Volume 2
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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