TL: Russia, Krasnoyarsk Region, Kansk   (2700 m.)

Ground-colour yellow in male yellow or yellowish-white in female. Resembles in pattern very closely the female of Parnassius felderi: forewing grey at base and costal margin, and greyish glossy at distal margin; beyond the cell a curved discal band shaded with grey and a similar, sometimes less distinct, submarginal one. Abdominal area of hindwing dusted with black; a spot at anal angle, occasionally (especially often in female) prolonged to a short band; a more or less distinct undulate submarginal band; further, 2 red ocelli, the posterior one sometimes being all black on upperside or being wanting, remaining however distinct below; base of hindwing above spotted with red. Head and body yellow-haired.

Habitat

  • Tundra

MU
FU

48-64 mm

MD
FD
Regional distr. - legend
Phenogram based on the literature
  • Local names
  • LanguageVernacular name
    EnglishEversmann's Parnassian
    РусскийАполлон Эверсманна
    РусскийПарусник Эверсмана
    中文艾雯绢蝶
    日本語ウスバキチョウ
    한국어황모시나비
  • Synonyms and other combinations
  • Latin nameAuthor
    Parnassius altaicusVérity, 1911
    Parnassius laciniaHemming, 1934

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CITES