Species

Parnassius (Driopa) clodius M

    altaurus Dyar, 1903

Original Description

Parnassius clodius Ménétries Variety altaurus Dyar, 1903

Type specimen(s)

Status: Holotype
Specimen data: HT (26.VII.1896, T. B. Evermann, type no. 6769)
Additional information: "HT in USNM." (Miller & Brown, 1981:56).
Current depository: USNM, Washington

Type locality

Type locality as cited in original description: "Altaurus Lake, near Saw-tooth Mt., Idaho, 7,000-9,000 feet"
Current country: United States

Taxonomic history

Originally described as Parnassius clodius Ménétries Variety altaurus Dyar, 1903
Treated as a subspecies of Parnassius clodius Ménétriés, 1855 by Miller & Brown (1981: 56), and Tyler et al. (1994: 27). Treated as a synonym of Parnassius clodius clodius Ménétriès, 1855 by Fujioka et al. (1997: 150).