Parnassius

Parnassius est genus papilionum subfamiliae Parnassiinarum familiae Papilionidarum, qui in regionibus circumpolaribus septentrionalibus et montanis (Alpinis et Himalayanis) endemici sunt. Colore formaque variant secundum altitudine. Accommodationem altitudinis altae habent quae melanismus altitudinalis appellatur.

Parnassius phoebus

Animalia — Arthropoda

Classis : Insecta
Ordo : Lepidoptera
Familia : Papilionidae
Subfamilia : Parnassiinae
Tribus : Parnassiini
Genus : Parnassius

Subdivisiones: Species

Parnassius acco

Parnassius tianschanicus

Larvae plantis familiarum Papaveracearum et Crassulacearum vescuntur, et sicut aliae Papilionidarum larvae, osmeterium habent.^[1] Plurimorum papilionum cui sunt pupae nudae dissimiles, intra laxum serici globulum pupantur.

Octo subgenera intra genus agnoscuntur:

Driopa Korshunov, 1988 - typus generis: Papilio mnemosyne Linnaeus, 1758
Sachaia Korshunov, 1988 - typus generis: Parnassius tenedius Eversmann, 1851
Parnassius Latreille, 1804; Nouv. Dict. Hist. nat. 24 (6): 185, 199 - typus generis: Papilio apollo Linnaeus
Tadumia Moore, [1902]; Lepidoptera Indica, 5 (53): 116 - typus generis: Papilio acco Gray
Kailasius Moore, [1902]; Lepidoptera Indica, 5 (53): 118 - typus generis: Parnassius charltonius Gray
Koramius Moore, [1902]; Lepidoptera Indica, 5 (53): 120 - typus generis: Parnassius delphius Eversmann
Lingamius Bryk, 1935; Das Tierreich 65: 538-540 - typus generis: Parnassius hardwickii Gray
Eukoramius Bryk, 1935; Das Tierreich 65: 630, 673-674 - typus generis: Parnassius imperator Oberthür

Inter alia nomina non iam valida sunt:

Parnassis Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bekannter Schmett. (6): 90 (vel emendatum?) - typus generis: Papilio apollo Linnaeus
Therius Billberg, 1820; Enum. Ins. Mus. Billb.: 75 - typus generis: Papilio apollo Linnaeus
Doritis Fabricius, 1807; Magazin f. Insektenk. (Illiger) 6: 283 - typus generis: Papilio apollo Linnaeus

Notae

Collins, N. Mark, et Michael G. Morris. 1985. Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland et Cantabrigiae: International Union for Conservation of Nature. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6. Biodiversity Library.
Guppy, Crispin S., et Jon H. Shepard. 2001. Butterflies of British Columbia.
James, David G., et David Nunnallee. 2011. Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies.
Katoh, T., A. Chichvarkhin, T. Yagi, et K. Omoto. 2005. Phylogeny and evolution of butterflies of the genus Parnassius: inferences from mitochondrial 16S and ND1 sequences. Zoological Sciences 22(3):343–51. [1]^{[nexus deficit]}
Pelham, Jonathan. 2008. Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada.
Pyle, Robert Michael. 2002. The Butterflies of Cascadia.

Vicimedia Communia plura habent quae ad Parnassium spectant.

Vide "Parnassium" apud Vicispecies.

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