Parnassius andreji

Parnassius andreji is a snow butterfly found in China. The species was first described by Curt Eisner in 1930.

Parnassius andreji
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Parnassius
Species:	P. andreji
Binomial name
Parnassius andreji Eisner, 1930

Parnassius andreji was described as a subspecies of Parnassius simo. It is now treated as a full species occurring sympatrically with Parnassius simo.

References

• Weiss, J.-C. 1991. The Parnassiinae of the World - Part 1. Sciences Nat, Venette; 48 pp.
• Chou, I. (ed) 1994. Monographia Rhopalocerorum Sinensium (Monograph of Chinese Butterflies) [in Chinese]. Henan Scientific and Technological Publishing House, [Zhengzhou]; 2 vols., viii, 855 pp.
• Koiwaya, S. 1995. Re-assortment of Parnassius simo and andreji - On the discovery of sympatric habitat of P. simo and P. andreji, with the description of new ssp. of andreji. Gekkan-Mushi, 297: 8-13.

Further reading

• Parnassius andreji Sv [sv] Swedish Wikipedia provides further references and synonymy

External links

• "Kreizbergius andreji Eisner, 1930". Insecta.pro.
• "Parnassius andreji andreji". The Insects from the Palaearctic Region.