Parnassius arcticus
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Siberian Apollo Parnassius arcticus is a high altitude butterfly which is found in NE. Yakutia. It is a member of the Snow Apollo genus Parnassius
Parnassius
Parnassius is a genus of northern circumpolar and montane butterflies usually known as Apollos. They can vary in colour and form significantly based on their altitude. They also show an adaptation to high altitudes called altitudinal melanism...

of the Swallowtail (Papilionidae) family.

The taxonomic status of this butterfly is uncertain. It was originally described from females only as a Siberian subspecies
Subspecies
Subspecies in biological classification, is either a taxonomic rank subordinate to species, ora taxonomic unit in that rank . A subspecies cannot be recognized in isolation: a species will either be recognized as having no subspecies at all or two or more, never just one...

 of Parnassius simo
Parnassius simo
The Black-edged Apollo Parnassius simo is a high altitude butterfly found in the Himalayas which belongs to the Papilionidae family.-Description:Male upperside: dull white, the veins black...

, a species which does not occur in Siberia. Eisner, the author of the subspecies later decided it was conspecific with Parnassius tenedius
Parnassius tenedius
Parnassius tenedius is a member of the Snow Apollo genus Parnassius of the Swallowtail family.Populations range from Siberia and the Far East of Russia to the W...

. Korshunov & Gorbunov (1995) regard it as a good (full) species with ammosovi Korshunov as a junior synonym.
P. ammasovi lives on scree
Scree
Scree, also called talus, is a term given to an accumulation of broken rock fragments at the base of crags, mountain cliffs, or valley shoulders. Landforms associated with these materials are sometimes called scree slopes or talus piles...

 at 1,500m. The adult flies mid-June to early July. Eggs are laid on stones around the host plant, Corydalis
Corydalis
Corydalis is a genus of about 470 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the fumewort family , native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere and the high mountains of tropical eastern Africa...

 gorodkovi
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External links

  • Goran Waldeck's Parnassius of the World.
  • SZMN Holotype
    Holotype
    A holotype is a single physical example of an organism, known to have been used when the species was formally described. It is either the single such physical example or one of several such, but explicitly designated as the holotype...

     and Paratype
    Paratype
    Paratype is a technical term used in the scientific naming of species and other taxa of organisms. The exact meaning of the term paratype when it is used in zoology is not the same as the meaning when it is used in botany...

    of ammosovisic
  • "Parnassius arcticus" on Rusinsects (text and photographs).
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