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 | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Parnassius |
| Species: | P. kiritshenkoi
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| Binomial name | |
| Parnassius kiritshenkoi (Avinoff, 1910)
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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
edit- Weiss, J. C. (1999). The Parnassiinae of the World. Part 3. Hillside Books, Canterbury, U.K.
External links
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Wikispecies has information related to Parnassius kiritshenkoi.
- "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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