Parnassius autocrator

Species of butterfly

Parnassius autocrator
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Parnassius
Species:
P. autocrator
Binomial name
Parnassius autocrator
Avinoff, 1913

Parnassius autocrator is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Parnassius autocrator is a high-altitude butterfly (up to 3,000 m). The preferred larval food plant is Corydalis adiantifolia.

The plate accompanying Avinoff's description of P. autocrator

References

  1. ^ Nadler, J.; Lukhtanov, V. (2021). "Parnassius autocrator". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T16251A122600766. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T16251A122600766.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

Further reading

  • Krejtsberg A. V., 1987 Ecologie de Parnassius autocrator (Lepidoptera): une espèce rare de papilionidés On the ecology of Parnassius autocrator (Lepidoptera): a rare species of papilionids Zoologičeskij žurnal (in Russian) ISSN 0044-5134 Nauka, Moskva Russian Federation
  • Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  • sv:Parnassius autocrator Swedish Wikipedia provides further references and synonymy

External links

  • apollo-butterfly/parnassius-autocrator Parnassius autocrator media from ARKive Edit this at Wikidata
  • Goran Waldeck Photos
  • Rusinsects Text and photos
Taxon identifiers
Parnassius autocrator


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