- Parnassius arcticus
Taxobox
name = Siberian Apollo
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
ordo =Lepidoptera
unranked_familia =Rhopalocera
superfamilia =Papilionoidea
familia =Papilionidae
genus = "Parnassius "
species = "P. arcticus"
binomial = "Parnassius arcticus"
binomial_authority = Eisner,1968 Siberian Apollo "Parnassius arcticus" is a high altitude butterfly which is found in NE.
Yakutia . 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 originally described from females only as a Siberian
subspecies ofParnassius simo , a species which does not occur in Siberia. Eisner ,the author of the subspecies later decided it was conspecific withParnassius tenedius . Korshunov & Gorbunov (1995) regard it as a good (full) species with "ammosovi" Korshunov as ajunior synonym ."P. ammasovi" lives onscree at 1,500m.. The adult flies mid-June to early July. Eggs are laid on stones around the host plant, "Corydalis gorodkovi".External Links
* [http://www.geocities.com/tgorw_sm/paindex.htm?20089 Parnassius of the World] Photos of male and female "ammasovi" identified by Professor Andrew V. Timshenko.
* [http://szmn.sbras.ru/picts/butterfly/Papilionidae/Parnassius_arcticus.htm SZMN]Holotype andParatype of "ammosovi"sic
* [http://rusinsects.com/p-arct.htm Rusinsects] Text and photographs.
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