Parnassius andreji is a snow butterfly found in China. The species was first described by Curt Eisner in 1930.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Parnassius |
| Species: | P. andreji
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| Parnassius andreji Eisner, 1930
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Parnassius andreji was described as a subspecies of Parnassius simo. It is now treated as a full species occurring sympatrically with Parnassius simo.
References
edit- Weiss, J.-C. 1991. The Parnassiinae of the World - Part 1. Sciences Nat, Venette; 48 pp.
- Chou, I. (ed) 1994. Monographia Rhopalocerorum Sinensium (Monograph of Chinese Butterflies) [in Chinese]. Henan Scientific and Technological Publishing House, [Zhengzhou]; 2 vols., viii, 855 pp.
- Koiwaya, S. 1995. Re-assortment of Parnassius simo and andreji - On the discovery of sympatric habitat of P. simo and P. andreji, with the description of new ssp. of andreji. Gekkan-Mushi, 297: 8-13.
Further reading
edit- Parnassius andreji Sv Swedish Wikipedia provides further references and synonymy
External links
edit- "Kreizbergius andreji Eisner, 1930". Insecta.pro.
- "Parnassius andreji andreji". The Insects from the Palaearctic Region.