Parnassius maximinus

Species of butterfly

Parnassius maximinus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Parnassius
Species:
P. maximinus
Binomial name
Parnassius maximinus
Staudinger, 1891

Parnassius maximinus is a high-altitude butterfly which is found in western ranges of the Tien Shan Mountains. It is a member of the snow Apollo genus (Parnassius) of the swallowtail family (Papilionidae). Previously it was regarded as conspecific with P. delphius.

Description

It is larger than P. delphius. Its submarginal spots are heavy and contiguous. The hindwing is almost without a marginal band, but with two very large blue-centred anal spots and two likewise blue scaled.[1]

References

  1. ^ Stichel in Seitz, 1906 (Parnassius). Die Groß-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Die Groß-Schmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes. Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, Stuttgart.
  • Weiss, J.-C. 1992. The Parnassiinae of the World, Part 2. Sciences Nat, Venette; 87 pp.

Further reading

  • sv:Parnassius maximinus on Swedish Wikipedia - further references and synonymy
Wikispecies has information related to Parnassius maximinus.
  • Parnassius of the World - Text, range map and photos
  • Pteron Japanese text and photos
Taxon identifiers
Parnassius maximinus


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