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Papilionidae 77a0351 – 4155.2   Parnassius smintheus Doubleday, 1847

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: smintheus Doubleday, 1847 (Parnassius) ssp. a. sternitzkyi McDunnough, 1937 (Parnassius) ssp. b. olympianna Burdick, 1941 (Parnassius)  guppyi Wyatt, 1969 (Parnassius) (synonym of ssp. olympianna) ssp. c. yukonensis Eisner, 1969 (Parnassius) ssp. d. behrii Edwards, 1870 (Parnassius)  astriotes Fruhstorfer, 1923 (Parnassius) (synonym of ssp. behrii)  niger Wright, 1905 (Parnassius) (synonym of ssp. behrii) ssp. e. smintheus Doubleday, 1847 (Parnassius)  ernestinae Bryk & Eisner, 1935 (Parnassius) (synonym of ssp. smintheus)  manitobaensis Bryk & Eisner, 1935 (Parnassius) (synonym of ssp. smintheus)  minor Verity, [1907] (Parnassius) (synonym of ssp. smintheus)  minusculus Bryk, 1912 (Parnassius) (synonym of ssp. smintheus)  nanus Neumoegen, 1890 (Parnassius) (synonym of ssp. smintheus)  nigerrima Verity, [1907] (Parnassius) (synonym of ssp. smintheus)  rocky Grum-Grschmaïlo, 1890 (Parnassius) (synonym of ssp. smintheus)  verity Ehrmann, 1918 (Parnassius) (synonym of ssp. smintheus) ssp. f. magnus Wright, 1905 (Parnassius)  idahoensis Bryk & Eisner, 1931 (Parnassius) (synonym of ssp. magnus)  mendica Stichel, 1907 (Parnassius) (synonym of ssp. magnus)  montanula Bryk & Eisner, 1935 (Parnassius) (synonym of ssp. magnus)  xanthus Ehrmann, 1918 (Parnassius) (synonym of ssp. magnus) ssp. g. maximus Bryk & Eisner, 1937 (Parnassius)  pseudocorybas Verity, [1909] (Parnassius) (synonym of ssp. maximus) ssp. h. sayii Edwards, 1863 (Parnassius)  aristion Fruhstorfer, 1923 (Parnassius) (synonym of ssp. sayii)  catullius Fruhstorfer, 1923 (Parnassius) (synonym of ssp. sayii)  dakotaensis Bryk & Eisner, 1935 (Parnassius) (synonym of ssp. sayii)  fermata Bryk, 1921 (Parnassius) (synonym of ssp. sayii)  hermodur Edwards, 1881 (Parnassius) (synonym of ssp. sayii)  hollandi Bryk & Eisner, 1935 (Parnassius) (synonym of ssp. sayii)  leonhardi Bryk, 1912 (Parnassius) (synonym of ssp. sayii)  mariae Bryk, 1912 (Parnassius) (synonym of ssp. sayii)  melanophorus Bryk, 1921 (Parnassius) (synonym of ssp. sayii)  montanus Ehrmann, 1918 (Parnassius) (synonym of ssp. sayii)  polus Ehrmann, 1917 (Parnassius) (synonym of ssp. sayii)  quincunx Bryk, 1915 (Parnassius) (synonym of ssp. sayii)  reducta Bang-Haas, 1938 (Parnassius) (synonym of ssp. sayii)  rotgeri Bang-Haas, 1938 (Parnassius) (synonym of ssp. sayii)  rubina Wyatt, 1961 (Parnassius) (synonym of ssp. sayii)  sordellus Fruhstorfer, 1923 (Parnassius) (synonym of ssp. sayii)  utahensis Rothschild, 1918 (Parnassius) (synonym of ssp. sayii) ssp. i. pseudorotgeri Eisner, 1966 (Parnassius) Taxonomic Notes: Parnassius smintheus Doubleday, 1847 includes as a subspecies 4155.1 Parnassius behrii Edwards, 1870 in Zhang et al. (2022).

References

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