Parnassius hunza

Taxobox
name = Karakoram Banded Apollo

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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Papilionidae
genus = "Parnassius"
species = "P. hunza"
binomial = "Parnassius hunza"
binomial_authority = 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.

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". Bingham, C. T. 1907. Fauna of British India. Butterflies. Volume 2]

Range

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

tatus

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.

ubspecies

* 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.

Cited references

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

ee also

*Papilionidae
*List of Butterflies of India
*List of Butterflies of India (Papilionidae)