Parnassius stubbendorffii stubbendorffii (Ménétriés, 1849)

Kosterin, Oleg E., 2023, Early summer aspect of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of Republic of Khakassia as examined in 2000, with some additional data, Amurian Zoological Journal XV (2), pp. 325-354 : 339

Parnassius stubbendorffii stubbendorffii (Ménétriés, 1849)

Specimens: 14\Sayanskiy Pass, 2♂.

Observations: This species occurs both in the forest belt in spring and in alpine meadows in mid-summer, as trophically associated there with different species of Corydalis (Gorbunov, Korshunov, 2003) . As our trip took place in July, we found only its highland version, which was, however, scarce — just a few individuals were found, curiously one at the crest of a local top covered with screes and almost devoid from vegetation. One individualwas observed to landed on stones and disappeared; it was found under stones at the depth of ca 20 cm, carried there by a large spider.