Papilionidae
Baroniinae
Papilioninae
Parnassiinae
Luehdorfiini
Parnassiini
Archon
Hypermnestra
Parnassius
(Driopa)
(Kailasius)
(Koramius)
P. acdestis
acdestis
carolinae
centripunctata
cerberus
cerevisiae
chakaensis
christianae
cinerosus
diaphana
ekaii
felix
fujitai
hades
horikatsuhikoi
imperatoides
irenaephilus
josefineae
kozaburoi
kuhkai
ladakensis
lampidius
lathonius
laurentii
limitis
liudongi
lucifer
lux
macdonaldi
marki
martae
midas
ohkumai
okauchii
peeblesi
peschkei
pundit
roweii
rupshuana
sugelicus
takashimai
takedai
vogti
wako
whitei
yamazakii
yanae
P. cardinal
P. delphius
P. maximinus
P. patricius
P. staudingeri
P. stenosemus
P. stoliczkanus
(Parnassius)
(Sachaia)
(Tadumia)
Pieridae
Species
Parnassius (Koramius) acdestis Grum-Grshimailo, 1891
macdonaldi Rothschild, 1918
Original Description
Parnassius delphius Eversmann subsp. macdonaldi Rothschild, 1918
Type specimen(s)
Status: Syntype(s)
Specimen data: 20 ST (13 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀, 12000-14000 feet, D. Macdonald, coll. W. Rothschild)
Additional information: "type-specimens [...] in the British Museum (Natural History)", "12 ♂, 7 ♀ syntypes. Yatung, Tibet. 12-14,000 ft. (D. Macdonald)." (Ackery, 1973:18).
Current depository: BMNH, London (12 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀, syntypes)
Type locality
Type locality as cited in original description: "Yatung, 12,000-14,000 ft., Thibet"
Current country: China
Taxonomic history
Originally described as Parnassius delphius Eversmann subsp. macdonaldi Rothschild, 1918
Treated as a subspecies of Parnassius acdestis Gr. Gr. by Eisner (1933: 169). Treated as a subspecies of Koramius acdestis (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890) by Bryk (1935: 578). Treated as a subspecies of Parnassius (Koramius) acdestis Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 by Weiss (1992: 96). Synonymized with P. acdestis whitei Bingham by Kawasaki (1996: 30).
Treated as a subspecies of Parnassius acdestis Gr. Gr. by Eisner (1933: 169). Treated as a subspecies of Koramius acdestis (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890) by Bryk (1935: 578). Treated as a subspecies of Parnassius (Koramius) acdestis Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 by Weiss (1992: 96). Synonymized with P. acdestis whitei Bingham by Kawasaki (1996: 30).