Species

Parnassius (Tadumia) cephalus Grum-Grshimailo, 1891

    pythia Roth, 1932

Original Description

Parnassius Art pythia Roth, 1932

Type specimen(s)

Status: Holotype
Specimen data: HT (♀, 1929, ex coll. O. Bang-Haas, coll. H. Roth)
Current depository: ??

Type locality

Type locality as cited in original description: "Tibu, westl. Gartok, Tibet occ., 5000 m"
Current country: China

Taxonomic history

Originally described as Parnassius Art pythia Roth, 1932
Treated as a species of Parnassius Fabricius, 1775 (Doritis Fabricius, 1807) by Munroe (1961:40). Treated as a subspecies of Parnassius cephalus Gr.Gr. by Weiss (1991:2). Treated as a subspecies of Parnassius (Koramius) cephalus Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 by Weiss (1992:59). Treated as a possibly distinct species of Parnassius Latreille, 1804 (Tadumia Moore, 1902) or as possibly conspecific with Parnassius (Tadumia) cephalus Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 by Häuser (1993:138). Treated as a subspecies of Parnassius cephalus Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 by Rose (2002:36).

Remarks

This taxon is based on a single female specimen which was described as a separate species and listed as such by Munroe (1961), but is now generally treated as conspecific with P. cephalus (Bryk 1935, Häuser 1993, Ohya 1993, Kawasaki & Rose 1997, Weiss 1992). The identity of this taxon is questionable. The curent depository of the single type specimen is not known!