Parnassius epaphus | Oberthür, 1879 |
TL: “Tibet” (2750 - 4000 m.)
Male Upperside, fore wing: the crimson black-encircled spots reduced to a minute subcostal dot in the black mark beyond the cell; the subhyaline terminal margin much narrower, with dentate white spots in the interspaces along the actual margin; cilia white, markedly alternated with black at the apices of the veins. Hind wing: the dusky black along the dorsal margin comparatively much broader, its inner border more irregular, deeply bi-emarginate, the crimson centre to the black mark above the tornal angle entirely absent. In no specimens that I have seen are the crimson spots centred with white. Underside: with the same glazed appearance as in jacquemontii; markings as on the upperside, but on the fore wing the white dentate spots in the terminal row are larger, which give to the wing the appearance of having a subterminal as well as a post-discal transverse series of dusky-black lunules. On the hind wing the row of basal and the obliquely-placed pre-tornal spots are as in jacquemontii but of a duller shade, while as in that form all the crimson spots are broadly centred with white. Antennae differ from those of jacquemonti as they are conspicuously ringed with white. Female differs from the male in the dusky black markings on the upperside that are broader, especially the postdiscal series on the fore wing: this generally forms a diffuse band and so often restricts the lunules of the white ground-colour beyond it, blending as it does diffusely with the subhyaline terminal margin. Anal pouch of fertilized female differs conspicuously from that of jacquemontii female in the complete absence of the posterior high keel or carina
Similar species
50 - 60 mm
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name English
Common Red Apollo 中文
依帕绢蝶
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Latin name Author Parnassius nirius Moore, 1902
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Species Author Parnassius (Parnassius) epaphus epaphus Oberthür, 1879 Parnassius (Parnassius) epaphus heliae Schulte, 1991 Parnassius (Parnassius) epaphus kahstahsensis Iwamoto, 2006 Parnassius (Parnassius) epaphus nanchaninca Austaut, 1899 Parnassius (Parnassius) epaphus nomionides A. Schulte, 1992 Parnassius (Parnassius) epaphus phariensis Avinoff, 1916 Parnassius (Parnassius) epaphus poeta Oberthür, 1892 Parnassius (Parnassius) epaphus subtilis Bang-Haas, 1927
- Links
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Language Website Authors Butterflies of India Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy Lepiforum e. V.
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