Parnassius przewalskii

Taxobox
name = Parnassius przewalskii
regnum = Animalia


phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
unranked_familia = Rhopalocera
superfamilia = Papilionoidea
familia = Papilionidae
genus = "Parnassius"
species = "P. przewalskii"
binomial = "Parnassius przewalskii "
binomial_authority = (Alpheraky, 1887)

"Parnassius przewalskii" is a high altitude butterfly which is found in Tibet and West China.It is a member of the Snow Apollo genus "Parnassius" of the Swallowtail (Papilionidae) family.

The taxonomic status of this butterfly is uncertain.It was described as a species but some authors regard "P. przewalskii" as a subspecies of "Parnassius acco".

The species is named for Nikolai Przhevalsky.

References

*Weiss, J.-C. 1992. "The Parnassiinae of the World". Part 2. Sciences Nat, Venette; 87 pp.
*Chou, I. (ed) 1994. "Monographia Rhopalocerorum Sinensium" (Monograph of Chinese Butterflies). Henan Scientific and Technological Publishing House, Zhengzhou.(in Chinese)