Papilionidae
Baroniinae
Papilioninae
Parnassiinae
Luehdorfiini
Parnassiini
Archon
Hypermnestra
Parnassius
(Driopa)
(Kailasius)
(Koramius)
(Parnassius)
(Sachaia)
(Tadumia)
P. acco
P. cephalus
ares
basipicta
brillantinus
capitalis
cephalus
dalailama
danielae
dengxiaoping
dominantus
eierhoffi
elwesi
erlaensis
gehleni
helmae
horii
irene
kitaharai
micheli
mraceki
nigroocellata
paimaensis
panchenlama
pegasos
pythia
quadripicta
quinquepicta
rileyanus
roseopicta
ryoukoae
sengei
shinkaii
tadumica
takenakai
tibetana
tibuensis
weissi
yamantaka
yasuyukii
P. hardwickii
P. hunnyngtoni
P. maharaja
P. schultei
P. szechenyii
Pieridae
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).
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!