Parnassius stubbendorfii Menetries, 1849. (= Driopa stubbendorffii; = Parnassius stubbendorffi; = P. stubbendorfi).
A striking Siberian/Mongolian/Far Eastern species of the genus
Parnassius, most allied to an European (+most western
Siberian)/West Central Asian Parnassius mnemosyne L. (Clouded
Apollo). This has the most reduced colouration within the genus,
Range: the mountains of South Siberia and the adjacent lowlands, Mongolia, the Far East, the Sakhalin, NE China, Korea.
ssp.: kosterini Kreuzberg et Pljushch, 1992, differing with very distinct and clear cut small dark spots and semitransparent bands on the wings; range: the southern Magadan Province.
In this region the species was first discovered (and photograpehd) by me in 1989 in the lower Khindzha
River valley on the Koni Peninsula. The very individual photographed could be among
the paratypes of ssp. kosterini (although I try not to collect those individuals
which I have photographed).
a male, wings open, on Senecio tundricola
A herbaceous meadow with bushes of Dusheckia fruticosa (Rupr.) Pouzar and
Pinus pumila (Pall.) Regel in the vlower alley of the Khindzha River, the Koni Peninsula, the Magadan Province, 22nd July 1989. Photo: O. Kosterin.
O. Kosterin.