Taxonavigation

Familia: Papilionidae
Subfamilia: Parnassiinae
Tribus: Parnassiini
Genus: Parnassius
Subgenus: Kailasius
Species: Parnassius charltonius
Subspecies: P. c. bamianicus – P. c. charltonius – P. c. mistericus – P. c. platon – P. c. princeps

Name

Parnassius charltonius Grum-Grshimailo, in Romanoff, 1885.

Type Locality: Turkestan, Oriental (Chinese Tartary).

Holotype: tbc.

Synonymy

• Parnassius charltonius Gray; Grum-Grshimailo, in Romanoff, 1884: 189, Pl.1 figs a,b,c. ♂
• Parnassius charltonius Grum-Grshimailo; Gray, 1852: 77, Pl.12 Fig.7 ♀.
• Parnassius romanovi Grum-Grshimailo, 1885: 181, Pl.1 Figs a,b,c. ♂
• Kailasius charltonius sochivkoi Churkin, 2009: 422. TL: North-East Alai, Ak-Bura River, 2600-2700m. (synonymized by Korb & Bolshakov, 2011)

References

• Churkin, S.V. 2009b. Notes on Parnassius Latreille, 1804 from Tian-Shan and Alai Part 3: Parnassius charltonius Gray, 1852. Atalanta 40(3-4): 411–434. full article (pdf). Reference page. 

• Gray, J.E., 1852. Catalogue of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Pt.1 Papilionidae. London. 84pp, 14 pls. Reference page. 

• Heinkele, P. 2003. The distribution of Parnassius charltonius, Gray 1853 in Afghenistan, including the description of a new subspecies (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae). Lambilionea 103: 517-520. Reference page. 

• Korb, S.K. & Bolshakov, L.V. 2011. A catalogue of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoformes) of the former USSR. Second edition, reformatted and updated. Eversmannia, Supplement 2. Abstract. Reference page. 

• Romanoff, N. (ed.) Mémoires sur les Lépidoptères (1884–1897), 9 volumes. Stassuléwitch, St. Petersbourg: Intro., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 BHL. Reference page.