Parnassius kiritshenkoi

Parnassius kiritshenkoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Parnassius
Species:	P. kiritshenkoi
Binomial name
	Parnassius kiritshenkoi; (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 family, Papilionidae. The species was first described by Andrey Avinoff in 1910 as a subspecies of Parnassius delphius.

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.

"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.

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