LEPIDOPTERA
PAPILIONIDAE Latreille,1802
PARNASSIUS Latreille,1804
Parnassius honrathi Staudinger et A. Bang-Haas, 1882
Parnassius honrathi honrathi Staudinger et A. Bang-Haas, 1882
· RANGE. Confined to Ghissar-Alai, the W. Pamirs and Badahshan.
· DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. The distribution of subspecies is as follows: ssp. honrathi Staudinger, 1882 (= tusovi J.J. et J.L. Shchetkin, 1989) - Ghissar (west); ssp. ernesti Bryk, 1932 (= chaiticus J.L. et J.J. Shchetkin, 1989; = kondarensis JJ. Shchetkin, 1988) - Ghissar (east), Darvaz; ssp. alburnus Stichel, 1907 - the W. Pamirs.
· HABITATS AND BIOLOGY. A rather common but locally occurring butterfly of mountain slopes at 2,500-3,000 m a.s.l. Flight period: June-July. Host plants : Pseudosedum spp.
Photo and text: Guide to the BUTTERFLIES OF RUSSIA and adjacent territories Volume 1. PENSOFT, Sofia - Moscow. 1997
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