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  1. United Kingdom
  2. Parnassius (Driopa) ariadne
Parnassius ariadne(Lederer, 1853)
IUCN
  1. Papilionidae
  2. Parnassiinae
  3. Parnassiini
  4. Parnassius
  5. Driopa
  6.  ariadne
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TL: [Altai, Bukhtarma River sources]   (1800 - 2000 m.)

Wings white. Cell-spots of forewing elongate-rotundate, deep black; beyond the cell an abbreviated curved macular band and near the vitreous distal edge a similar, but nearly complete and more strongly marked band. Hindwing with 2 distinct red or yellow ocelli, and 2 anal spots,bearing sometimes red pupils; abdominal margin black-grey. Female more strongly marked than male, the middle band of forewing prolonged. This band sometimes marked as strongly as, or more strongly than, the submarginal band, the hindwing bearmg near the edge a distinct band of arcs or halfmoons, which appear sometimes also in the male this form being described as dentata Aust.. Underside without red basal spots. Pouch of female whitish, strongly elongate, similar to that of P. mnemosyne. Antenna black. Altai, Saissan.Often confounded with the American Parnassius clodius Eversm. or forms of the same ; however, these are not difficult to recognize by the pattern being somewhat similar to that of P. eversmanni and P. felderi.

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MU
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60 mm

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FD
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  • Local names
  • LanguageVernacular name
    РусскийАполлон ариадна
    中文爱侣绢蝶
  • Primary hostplants
  • FamilyLatin nameVernacular name
    PapaveraceaeCorydalisCorydalis
    PapaveraceaeCorydalis nobilisSiberian corydalis
  • PDO error
  • Synonyms and other combinations
  • Latin nameAuthor
    Parnassius clariusEversmann, 1843
  • Subspecies
  • SpeciesAuthor
    Parnassius (Driopa) ariadne ariadne(Lederer, 1853)
    Parnassius (Driopa) ariadne clarusBryk & Eisner, 1932
    Parnassius (Driopa) ariadne erlikR.V. Yakovlev, 2009
    Parnassius (Driopa) ariadne jiadengyttensisR.X. Huang & S.I. Murayama, 1992
  • Links
  • LanguageWebsiteAuthors
    Lepiforum e. V.
    Russian insectsIlya Osipov

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