Parnassius kiritshenkoi

Taxobox
regnum = Animalia


phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
unranked_familia = Rhopalocera
superfamilia = Papilionoidea
familia = Papilionidae
genus = "Parnassius"
species = "P. kiritshenkoi"
binomial = "Parnassius kiritshenkoi"
binomial_authority = (Avinoff, 1910)

"Parnassius kiritshenkoi" is a high altitude butterfly which is found only in the eastern Pamir Mountains.It is a member of the Snow Apollo genus "Parnassius" of the Swallowtail (Papilionidae) family.

For many years, "P. kiritshenkoi" was regarded as a subspecies of "Parnassius staudingeri". It is however sympatric with "P. staudingeri mustagata" Sarykolsky Mountains and with "P. staudingeri illustris" Zaalaisky Mountains.

References

* Weiss, J.C., 1999. "The Parnassiinae of the world" Part 3. Sci. Nat. Venette, France.

External Links

* [http://rusinsects.com/p-kiri.htm Rusinsects] Text and photos.
* [http://www.geocities.com/tgorw_sm/paindex.htm Parnassius of the World] Text and photos.