Parnassius kiritshenkoi

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 family, Papilionidae. The species was first described by Andrey Avinoff in 1910 as a subspecies of Parnassius delphius.

Parnassius kiritshenkoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Parnassius
Species:	P. kiritshenkoi
Binomial name
Parnassius kiritshenkoi (Avinoff, 1910)

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

References

• Weiss, J. C. (1999). The Parnassiinae of the World. Part 3. Hillside Books, Canterbury, U.K.

External links

• "Parnassius kiritshenkoi Avinov, 1910". Russian-Insects.com. Text and photos.
• Parnassius of the World Text and photos. Archived October 23, 2007.
• "Kailasius kiritshenkoi Avinoff, 1910". Insecta.pro. Image.