Parnassius andreji is a snow butterfly found in China. The species was first described by Curt Eisner in 1930.

Parnassius andreji
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Parnassius
Species:
P. andreji
Binomial name
Parnassius andreji
Eisner, 1930

Parnassius andreji was described as a subspecies of Parnassius simo. It is now treated as a full species occurring sympatrically with Parnassius simo.

References

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  • 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.

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