Species

Parnassius (Tadumia) cephalus Grum-Grshimailo, 1891

    brillantinus Mikami, 1998

Original Description

Parnassius cephalus Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 ssp. brillantinus Mikami, 1998

Type specimen(s)

Status: Holotype
Specimen data: HT (♂, 23.VI.1989)
Current depository: coll. Y. Nose, Osaka

Type locality

Type locality as cited in original description: "Anjiu La (29° 33' N., 96° 44' E.), 4600-5000m., (Baxoila Ling Mts.), 30km.N.of Rawu, E.Xizang"
Current country: China

Taxonomic history

Originally described as Parnassius cephalus Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 ssp. brillantinus Mikami, 1998
Treated as a synoynm of Parnassius cephalus brilliantinus Rose & Kawasaki, 1998 by Rose (2002: 38).

Remarks

The publication date for the journal issue given on the inside back cover is 15th September 1998. As claimed by Sugisawa (1999) in a paper in the journal 'Wallace' (5: 84-86), however, the actual date of publication of the respective issue of 'Notes on Eurasian Insects' was December 1998.