Parnassius dongalaicus
| Tytler's Apollo | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Parnassius |
| Species: | P. dongalaicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Parnassius dongalaicus Tytler, 1926 | |
Parnassius dongalaicus, the Tytler's Apollo, is a high-altitude butterfly which is found in China.
It is a member of the snow Apollo genus (Parnassius) of the swallowtail family (Papilionidae).
P. dongalaicus was originally described as a species, but was subsequently considered conspecific with Parnassius epaphus. Sorimachi (1995) and Sugisawa (1996) both regard P. dongalaicus as a good species sympatric with epaphus and as the senior synonym of rikihiroi Kawasaki, 1995.
References
- Sorimachi, Y. 1995. The Primer of Parnassius. Sorimachi, Saitama; 181 pp. In Japanese but including 40 plates.
- Sugisawa, S. 1996. Geographical and individual variations of the genus Parnassius Latreille, 1804 (9) Parnassius epaphus Oberthür & Parnassius dongalaicus Tytler. Illustrations of Selected Insects in the World. Series A (Lepidoptera), 9: 133-155.
- Kawasaki, Y. (1995) Description of one new species and four new subspecies of the Genus Parnassius (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae) from collecting expeditions in Thibet, China 1994 [in Japanese], Wallace 1: 9-29; pls. 11, 13, 14 [partim].
- Tytler, H. C. (1926) Tytler, H. C. (1926) Notes on some new and interesting butterflies from India and Burma, part I. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 31 (1/2): 248-260; pls. 1 + 4.