Species

Parnassius (Driopa) mnemosyne (Linnaeus, 1758)

    pfeifferi Bryk & Eisner, 1931

Original Description

Parnassius mnemosyne L. subsp. pfeifferi Bryk & Eisner, 1931

Type specimen(s)

Status: Holotype
Specimen data: HT (♂, C. Pfeiffer leg., coll. W. Rothschild)
Additional information: "type-specimens [...] in the British Museum (Natural History)", "5 ♂, 2 ♀ syntypes. 4 ♂, 1 ♀, Anatolien, Egerdir. 1000 m. 15.v.26. E. Pfeiffer leg. 1 ♂, Kyseli-Dagh, 1500. 24.v.29. 1 ♀, Kyseli-Dagh. 1500. 24.v.29." (Ackery, 1973:22).
Current depository: BMNH, London

Type locality

Type locality as cited in original description: "Egerdir"
Current country: Turkey

Taxonomic history

Originally described as Parnassius mnemosyne L. subsp. pfeifferi Bryk & Eisner, 1931