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The Butterflies of Pamir

Bratislava, 1997. Published Frantishek Slamka
Size: 240 x 170 mm wide
Extent: 282 pp, 40 colour plates, hard cover.

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Parnassius simo G. R. Gray, 1852

Range. Tien Shan, Pamiro-Alai, E. Hindu-Kush, Karakorum, Himalayas, Tibet, Kun-Lun;

Kirghizstan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, India, China, Nepal, Bhutan.

Parnassius simo avinoffi Verity, [1911]

(Pl. X, fig. 3-5; Pl. XI, fig. 3-5)

""[Parnassius simo] v. avinoffi" - VERITY, R. 1911. Rhopalocera Palaearctica. Iconographie et description des papillons diurnes de la region palearctique. Papilionidae et Pieridae. - Florence, 1911 1 , Pl. LIII, fig. 11; [1911] 1: 316.

Type locality. Beik pass, E. Hindu-Kush.

Type material. Syntypes: male in BMNH (Ackery, 1973: 9; Bridges, 1988c: I.36) and male in ZIRP. Material examined (Kreuzberg, 1985: 57; Tshikolovets, 1993b: 11).

Synonymy.

"Tadumia simo reinigi subsp. nova." - BRYK, F. 1932. Parnassiologische Studien aus England. - Parnassiana 2: 31, fig. 1; type locality: "Lapgaz Valley, Tagdum-basch-Pamir, 15000-16500 Fuss hoch ..." (Bryk, 1932: 31); type material: "Typen: male, female in coll. Brit. Museum London" (Bryk, 1932: 31);

"1 male syntype" deposited in BMNH (Ackery, 1973: 23).

"Parnassius simo hilariae Kreuzberg ssp. n." - KREUZBERG, A. V.-A. 1986. New subspecies of the Parnassius simo Group (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae) from Middle Asia. - Vest. zool. 1986 (2): 85-86, fig. 1; type locality: Tajikistan, Pamir, Muzkol mountain ridge, Mukurtshetshekty gorge, 4500 m (Kreuzberg, 1986: 85); type material: Holotype male deposited in ZMAU. Material examined (Tshikolovets, 1995: 35).

    Records for the Pamirs.
  • Parnassius simo, Gray var. - Grum-Grshimailo, 1907: 362;
  • Parnassius simo subsp. avinovi Verity. - Avinov, 1913: 3;
  • Parnassius simo v. avinoffi Verity. - O. Bang-Haas, 1915a: 96;
  • Parnassius simo subsp. avinovi Verity. - Awinow, 1916b: 44, 55;
  • Tadumia simo var. Avinovi. - Bryk, [1923]: 65;
  • Parnassius simo avinoffi Verity. - O. Bang-Haas, 1927b: 26, t. 5, fig. 9;
  • Parnassius simo subsp. avinoffi Vrty. (= avinovi Avin.) - Bollow, 1930: 81;
  • Tadumia simo reinigi subsp. nova. - Bryk, 1932: 31, fig. 1;
  • Tadumia simo ssp. avinovi (!) Verity. - Reinig, 1932: 114;
  • Tadumia simo ssp. reinigi Bryk. - Reinig, 1932: 114;
  • Tadumia simo reinigi Bryk. - Bryk, 1935: 660, fig. 633;
  • Tadumia simo avinoffi (Verity). - Bryk, 1935: 661;
  • Parnassius simo avinoffi Verity. - Talbot, 1939: 290;
  • Tadumia simo subsp. avinoffi Verity. - Eisner, 1959b: 188;
  • Tadumia simo subsp. reinigi Bryk. - Eisner, 1959b: 189;
  • Tadumia simo Gray avinoffi Verity, 1911. - Ackery, 1973: 9;
  • Tadumia simo reinigi Bryk, 1932. - Ackery, 1973; 23;
  • Parnassius simo simo avinoffi Verity, 1911. - Kudrna, 1983: 42;
  • Parnassius simo Gray. - Kreuzberg, 1984: 32;
  • Parnassius simo avinovi Avinov. - Kreuzberg, 1985: 56;
  • Parnassius simo hilariae Kreuzberg in litt. - Kreuzberg, 1985: 56;
  • Parnassius simo avinovi Av. - Bulgakova & Kreuzberg, 1985: 37-39;
  • Parnassius simo hilariae Kreuzberg ssp. n. - Kreuzberg, 1986: 85-86, fig. 1;
  • Parnassius simo Gray. - Schetkin, Kaabak & Schetkina, 1987: 90;
  • Parnassius simo Gray. - Kreuzberg, 1987a: 100;
  • Parnassius simo ssp. reinigi Bryk, 1932. - Bridges, 1988c: I.258;
  • Parnassius simo avinovi Av. - Kaabak & Lesin, 1990: 13;
  • Parnassius simo ssp. avinoffi Verity, 1911. - Weiss, 1991: 14;
  • Parnassius simo ssp. hilariae Kreuzberg, 1986. - Weiss, 1991: 14;
  • Parnassius simo ssp. simulator Staudinger, 1899. - Weiss, 1991: 14;
  • Parnassius simo ssp. reinigi Bryk, 1932. - Weiss, 1991: 14;
  • Parnassius simo avinovi Verity, 1911. - Tuzov, 1993: 11;
  • Parnassius simo avinoffi Verity, 1911. - Tshikolovets, 1993b: 11;
  • Parnassius simo hilariae Kreuzberg, 1986. - Tshikolovets & Rayevsky, 1995: 47-50, fig. 16-18;
  • Parnassius simo ssp. hilariae Kreuzberg, 1986. - Tshikolovets, 1995: 35;
  • Parnassius simo. - Sorimachi, 1995: 70-71, map;
  • Parnassius simo avinoffi. - Sorimachi, 1995: 162;
  • Parnassius simo ssp. avinoffi Verity, 1911. - Shinkai, 1996: 40;
  • Parnassius simo ssp. hilariae Kreuzberg, 1986. - Shinkai, 1996: 40;
  • Parnassius simo ssp. reinigi Bryk, 1932. - Shinkai, 1996: 40.
Distribution. Muzkol, Pshartsky, Severo-Alitshursky, Yuzhno-Alitshursky, Vakhansky, E. Hindu-Kush mountain ranges.

Flight. Mid July - mid-end August.

Habitat. Screes and rocky slopes, rocky sites up to 5200 m.

Larval food plants. Lagotis globosa (Kurz) Hook fil.; L. decumbens Rupr.; (Scrophulariaceae) (Kreuzberg, 1984: 32; 1987: 100).

 dark - distribution of Parnassius simo avinoffi Verity, [1911] Type locality of P. s. hilariae Kreuzb. Type locality of P. s. avinoffi Vrty. Type locality of P. s. reinigi Br.

 Parnassius simo avinoffi Verity, [1911] female, Tajikistan, Muzkol Mts., Mukurtshetshekty, 4500 m., 16. VII. 1989, leg. V. Tshikolovets

 Parnassius simo avinoffi Verity, [1911] male, Tajikistan, Muzkol Mts., Mukurtshetshekty, 4500 m., 16. VII. 1989, leg. V. Tshikolovets

 Parnassius simo avinoffi Verity, [1911] Holotype of hilariae Kreuzberg, 1986 }, Tajikistan, Muzkol Mts., Mukurtshetshekty, 26. VII. 1979, leg. A. Kreuzberg (ZMAU)

 Parnassius simo avinoffi Verity, [1911] male, Beik (ZISP)
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