Species

Parnassius (Parnassius) jacquemontii Boisduval, 1836

    jacquemontii Boisduval, 1836

Original Description

Parnassius espèce jacquemontii Boisduval, 1836

Type specimen(s)

Status: Lectotype
Specimen data: LT (♂, Jacquemont leg., coll. J. Boisduval)
Additional information: "LECTOTYPE ♂, Himalayas. Specimen presumed lost; figure here deisgnated.", "the original specimen of Boisduval, illustrated in the figure given by Oberthür (1879 : pl. 2, fig. 5), is hereby designated lectotype." Ackery (1973: 6-7).
Current depository: BMNH, London ?; MNHN, Paris ?

Type locality

Type locality as cited in original description: "dans l'Himalaya"
Current country: India; Pakistan; China; Nepal

Taxonomic history

Originally described as Parnassius espèce jacquemontii Boisduval, 1836
Treated as a species of Parnassius by Gray (1853:75), Stichel (1906:89), and Eisner & Naumann (1980: 18). Treated as a species of Parnassius Latreille, 1805 by Kirby (1871: 512). Treated [as "jacquemonti"] as a species of Parnassius Latr. by Elwes (1886: 18). Treated as a species of Parnassius Latr. by Stichel (1907: 29). Treated as a species of Parnassius Fabricius, 1775 (Parnassius Fabricius, 1775) by Munroe (1961: 40). Treated as a species of Parnassius Latreille, 1804 by Ackery (1975: 81), Hancock (1983: 46), Tshikolovets (1997: 17), and Tshikolovets (2000: 77), and Tshikolovets (2003: 91). Treated as a species of Parnassius Latreille, 1804 (Parnassius Latreille, 1804) by Häuser (1993: 138). Treated [as "jacquemonti"] as a species of Parnassius Latreille, 1804 by Tuzov et al. (1997: 145).

Remarks

Lectotype designated by Ackery (1973: 7).