Parnassius buddha Bryk & Eisner, 1937

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?21. Parnassius buddha Bryk & Eisner, 1937

Original combination.

" P. mercurius subsp. buddha (subsp. nova)" Bryk & Eisner, 1937 Parnassiana 4: 58.

Current combination.

Parnassius jacquemontii buddha Bryk & Eisner, 1937.

Current status.

Valid subspecies.

Type material.

Syntypes 1?1? (ZMH 61619-61620) (Fig. 21 ). "Co-Type / e Collection / Kotzsch" // "Kukunor/ Geb. Burchan Buddha / Nomohun Pass / 4000 m Juli" // " Parnassius / Parnassius mercurius / buddha? / Br. U. Eis." // "Coll. G. Warnecke / Eing. Nr. 11, 1963" // "ZMH 61619"; "Kukunor/ Geb. Burchan Buddha / Nomohun Pass / 4000 m Juli" // "Co-Type / e Collection / Kotzsch" // " Parnassius / Parnassius mercurius / buddha? / Br. U. Eis." // "Coll. G. Warnecke / Eing. Nr. 11, 1963" // "ZMH 61620".

Type locality.

China: "Burchan-Buddha-Kette, Nomohun Paß, 4000 m."

Remarks.

Parnassius mercurius Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 is currently considered a subspecies of P. jacquemontii Boisduval, 1836.

Figures

Plate 4. 19. Parnassius autocrator ab. privatus Kotzsch, 1936; 20. Parnassius orleans lictor Bryk & Eisner, 1937; 21. Parnassius jacquemontii buddha Bryk & Eisner, 1937; 22. Parnassius bremeri amgunensis ab. tripicta Sheljuzhko, 1928; 23. Parnassius actius melaniticus Bang-Haas, 1915; 24. Parnassius charltonius wernickei Kotzsch, 1936. a. Dorsal view, b. ventral view.