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Parnassius kiritshenkoi

Parnassius kiritshenkoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Parnassius
Species: P. kiritshenkoi
Binomial name
Parnassius kiritshenkoi
(Avinoff, 1910)

Parnassius kiritshenkoi is a high-altitude butterfly which is found only in the eastern Pamir Mountains. It is a member of the snow Apollo genus Parnassius of the swallowtail family, Papilionidae.

For many years, P. kiritshenkoi was regarded as a subspecies of Parnassius staudingeri. It is however sympatric with P. staudingeri mustagata Sarykolsky Mountains and with P. staudingeri illustris Zaalaisky Mountains.



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