Taxonomic notes on the Parnassius simonius complex (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae) from Middle Asia (Alai and Transalai mountains)

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Taxonemic notes on the PZimassius simonius complex (Lepidoptera,
Papilionida ef)rom Middle Asia (Ala aind Transalai mountains)
SergeGiuNDoRov

PlantProtectioDnepartmentAgriculturaIlnstituteT,eatralnaia Square, Saratov,410710,Russia

Abstract Four subspecies of Pat:nassius simonius Staudinge r,1889 are reviewed.
Key words Papilionidae, Parnasst'as ,Parnassius simonius, Middle Asia (Ala iand Transalai
mountains), taxonomy.
Parnassi' ussimonius Staudinge r,1889 and it srelated races were formerl yplaced as a sub-
species of R simo Gray, [1853 b]u,t they are newly ciassified as an independen tstatus by
Kreuzberg (198 5)U,p to the present f,bur races of A simonius Staudinge r1,889 from Alai
Transalai havebeenknown fbllows
and mountains as :
Ssp.simonius

Parnassiu ssimo var. simonius Staudinge r1,889 ,Stetti ne.nt. Zrg 50 : 16.
TL. Sud-Fergana ,Transalai.
ParnassiiLs Austaut,1912,biL Z/ 5: 360,fig.4.
simonidles ent
TL. Nord-Ladak', (Agreemen btetween simonides and simenizas which was fbund by Kreuzberg is
not taken int oconsideration by me.).
Range. Kirghizia:West Transalai
mountains.
Ssp,grayi

Parnassius grayi AvinofL 1916, 7}uns enL Soc, Londl 63: 358, pl. S4, fig .6.
TL, Jengisbai(Tengisbai).

Range. Kirghizia : West Alai mountains, Tengisbai pass.
Ssp, nig11faatus
Parnassius simo nigrijZcatus Kreuzberg ,1986, Plest iooZ 2 : 86.
TL, 5 km W. of Kysyl-Ar tPass, Transalaisky mountains, Tadzhikistan.
Range.Tadzhikistan,

Ssp. taidieus
Parnassiu ssimonius tatdicus Gundorov, 1991, Lambiaionea 4 : 379.
TL. Taldyk Pass, Alaisky mountains.
Pannassiu ssimonius shuvalontm Kreuzberg&Pljustsh ,1992 ,Vdst zoot 2: 78-80.
TL. Taldyk pass, 3,9oo m, Alai Mts, Kirghizia,
Range. Taldyk pass ,East Alai mountains, Kirghizia.
In 1990-1992 ,I travelled three times to Tadzhikistan and Kirghizia and succeeded in finding
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many Pamassius species particularl yR simonius on the passes of Taldyk, Tengisba iand
KysyliArt. Soon after extensive material ofthe same species was collected by my cooperator
in Aram Kungei ravine, West Transalai and Dugoba, west Alai. These materials are readily
distinguishab flreom each other, ,Such a.s : 38 cSZ 24 4, West Transalaisky mountains, Aram
Kungei ravine. 57 c{Z 29 \, West Alaisky mountains, Tengisba ipass . 9cl 7\, East
Transalaisky mountains, 5km west of Kysyl-Art pass, 110 cin 87 \, East Alaisky moun-
tains, Taldyk pass . 22 ti n16 ?, West Alaisky mountains, Dugoba.
The above-mentioned material shows the fbllewin gtaxonomic characteristics.
1) Specimens from Tengisba ipass agree well with the specimens from Ararn Kungei ravine.
Both are the same taxon in the subspecies level.
2) I can find very much agreement between the specimens from Dugoba and Avinofl's
descripti o(norigi nfiaglur eof grayi).
Avinoff (191 6s)tates "This race (gray ii)nhabit sthe north-western slopes of the Alai
rnountains near Jengisba i[Tengis pbaassi]" . But my work shows that ssp. grayi liye sat 70
km west of Tengisbai pass ,and at the pass lives anothor race of simonius (simonius),
As a result, Parnassiu ssimonizas from Alai and Transala imountains were regarded as the
fbllowing fbur
subspecies.
1, Pamassius simonius simonius Staudinger ,l889 (Wes tTransala imountains and West Alai
mountains, Tengisbai pass)
=simonides Austaut, 1912
2. Pat:nassi ussbnonitAs nigiTijicatu sKreuzberg ,1986 (Eas Ttransala imountains, 5 km west of
Kysyl-Art pass and same mountains,, Irkeshtam ) .
3. Pamassius simonius takiictr sGundorov, 1991 (Eas Atlai mountains, Taldyk pass)
= shuvaloram Kreuzberg & Pljusts h1,992
4. Pannassit Assijnonitas gvayi Avinoff 1916 (Wes tAlai mountains, Dugoba).
A synoptic table of the characters ln four subspecies is as foIlows,
simonius nign;tibatus taldicus grql,i
forewing lengt h 20-26 rnm 21-25 mrn 23-25 mm 26-28 mrn
marginal band of wider than
the forewing that of the
others
hindwing postdisc al larg ered black or small red black black or large red
spot in SctRi-Rs
hindwing postdiscal large red black black black or small red
spot in Mi-M2
dark dustin gin cell no or not often stronger than that strong stronger than that
Cu, of tbe fbrewing of simonius; les s of simonius; 1ess
than that of than that of
ldtdicus taldicus
d a r k d us t i n g i n no o r n ot of te n no o r n ot of te n strong les sthan that Qf
basal area in Sc+ .taldieus
Ri-R, of the
hindwing

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Figs 1-30 . Parnassiu ssimonius sspp. 1-3. R s, nigrijtcatus, male. 4-6. Ditto ,female . 7.
R s. taldlicus, holotype male. 8-9.Ditto ,paratypes male. 10-12 .Ditto ,paratypes
femal e 13-15. P, s simonius, male, Transalai Mts 16-18. Ditto, femttl eT,ransalai
Mts. 19-21 .Ditto ,male, Alai Mts. 22-24. Ditto, female,Alai Mts. 25-27, A s.
grayi, rnale. 28-30, Ditto, female.
Fig. 31. A map showing the distributi oofn four of Pat:nassi usismonizts
1. Ssp. grayi. 2. Ssp. simonius. 3 .Ssp.stuabisdpieccuise ,s4. Ssp. nigrijltatus.Staudinger.
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black　spot 　in　discal often 　les　sthan
cell　of　the　forewing that　of　the　others
postmedian　band　of narrower 　than　that
the　forewing of　tho　others
皿 ight　periOd　and 　habitat
Buzterfiie　fsly　from　the　end 　ofJune 　to　the　end 　ofJuly ．　 Ail　subspocies 　inhabi　tsouthern 　slopes
at　a　height　of 　3，600−4，050　m ．　 Larvae　feed　on 　Lagott　Sdecumbens（Scrophulariace）a．e
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摘 要
中央ア ジアの シモ ニ ウス ウスバ シ ロ チ ョ ウの亜種群につ い て 〔Serge｛Gundorov ）
山シモ脈ニか ウらス4 亜ウ種ス バがシ知ロらチれてョ ウい Pるa．rn1a9s9s0i．．u1　s9s9i2mo年niuのs タ　Sジtaキudスinタgeンrはお，よアびラキイル山ギ脈ジまアたではのト3ラ回ンのス調ア査ラでイ，
ー
タル ジク峠， テ ンギスバ イ峠， キ シル アル ト峠で， 特に シ モ ニ ウス ウスバ シ ロ チ ョ ウ を中心 に多数
の ParnassiUS を見る こ とがで きた．その後， シモ ニ ウ ス ウス バ シ ロ チョ ウ の 多数の 標本 が友人 に
よっ て西 トラ ンス アライの アラム クン ゲイ峡谷 と西ア ライの ドゥ ゴバ か らも得られ，これらの 標本
か ら，テ ン ギスバ イ峠とア ラム クン ゲイ峡谷の もの は亜種レベ ル で同じタク ソ ンで あるこ と，ドゥ
一
ゴバ 産の標本と Avinoff （1916）の 創碗 の原記載図が よ く 致する こ とが分かっ た．　Avinoffは
grayi がテ ンギスバ イ峠に近い ア ライ山脈の北西斜面に産する と述べ てい るが 今回の標本は テ ン
， ，
ギスバ イ峠その もの には原名亜種　simonius が産 し　graコi はこ の峠の 70　km 西に分布す こ とを示 し
，
てい る．この地域の 4 亜種は 原名亜種 simonius が西 トラ ン ス ア ライLl．1脈 （ア ラム ク ン ゲイ峡谷）
，
と西ア ライ山脈のテ ン ギスバ イ峠，亜種 ηlg噸Cα鮒 が東 トランス アライ山脈，亜種 ごα磁C ∫が東ア
ライ山脈，亜tc　grayiが西アライ山脈の ドゥ ゴバ に分布す るこ とが認められた．
［文責 ：吉本　浩］
（Accepted　November 　l，1997）
Published　by　the　Lepidopterologic　aSlociet　yof　Japan，
5−20，Motoyokoyama 2，Hachioji，Tokyo，192−0063Japan

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