My Parnassius collection

[wollastoni]

When I was 20, I was very interested in the Parnassius genus.
A splendid genus that easily speciates and makes its study fascinating. I was especially interested in the species from China and surrounding countries.

I wanted to create this thread to keep these pictures in souvenir as I will not keep these specimens anymore. And I am sure, some ICF members will be happy to see Parnassius pictures ! 

Parnassius nomion theagenes, GanSu, China :
IMG_0930 by opequin, sur Flickr

Parnassius imperator uxorius, QingHai, China 
IMG_0929 by opequin, sur Flickr

Parnassius stubbendorfi heliconius, Liaoning, China
IMG_0928 by opequin, sur Flickr

Parnassius cephalus ares, QingHai, China
IMG_0927 by opequin, sur Flickr

Parnassius tenedius britae, Yakutia, Russia
IMG_0924 by opequin, sur Flickr

Parnassius tenedius britae ABERRATION, Yakutia, Russia
IMG_0907 by opequin, sur Flickr

Parnassius tianschanicus chimganus, Uzbekistan
IMG_0923 by opequin, sur Flickr

Parnassius acdestis acdestis, QingHai, China
IMG_0922 by opequin, sur Flickr

Parnassius acdestis marki, Nepal, RARE
P acdestis marki male Thosang La Anapurna by opequin, sur Flickr

Parnassius acdestis laurenti, Nepal, RARE
P acdestis laurentii female Thosang La Anapurna femelle RARE by opequin, sur Flickr

Parnassius staudingeri staudingeri, Tadjikistan
IMG_0921 by opequin, sur Flickr

Parnassius simonius kozlovyi male, Qinghai, China
IMG_0920 by opequin, sur Flickr

Parnassius simonius andreji, West China
IMG_0916 by opequin, sur Flickr

Parnassius simonius kozlovyi female, Qinghai, China
IMG_0919 by opequin, sur Flickr

Parnassius corybas ochotskensis, Yakutia, Russia
IMG_0918 by opequin, sur Flickr

Parnassius ariadne, QingHai, China
IMG_0917 by opequin, sur Flickr

Parnassius apollonius apollonius, Xinjiang, China RARE
IMG_0915 by opequin, sur Flickr

Parnassius delphius delphius male, Xinjiang, China
IMG_0914 by opequin, sur Flickr

Parnassius delphius delphius female, Xinjiang, China
IMG_0913 by opequin, sur Flickr

Parnassius szechenyi kansuensis, Qinghai, China
IMG_0911 by opequin, sur Flickr

Parnassius szechenyi kansuensis, Qinghai, China
IMG_0910 by opequin, sur Flickr

Parnassius smintheus sayii form hermadur, Colorado, USA
P smintheus sayii form hermadur by opequin, sur Flickr

Parnassius orleans johanna, ShanXi, China
P orleans johanna Shanxi Mt Taibai by opequin, sur Flickr

Parnassius mercurius mercurius, QingHai, China
P mercurius mercurius PingAn Qinghai by opequin, sur Flickr

Parnassius eversmanni nishiyamai, Xinjiang, China, RARE
P eversmanni nishiymai Xinjiang Rare by opequin, sur Flickr

Parnassius epaphus shantana, QingHai, China
P epaphus shantana QilianShan Qinghai by opequin, sur Flickr

Parnassius epaphus capdevillei, Nepal
P epaphus capdevillei Mooting Anapurna by opequin, sur Flickr

Parnassius epaphus capdevillei, female, Nepal
P epaphus capdevillei Femelle Mooting Anapurna by opequin, sur Flickr

Parnassius bremeri bremeri, ShanXi, China
P bremeri bremeri Mt Zhongtiao Shanxi by opequin, sur Flickr

Parnassius actius urumtsiensis, Xinjiang, China
P actius urumtsiensis Xinjiang by opequin, sur Flickr

[Adam Cotton]

Thanks for posting these interesting photos. Are you 'releasing' these specimens to make more room for Delias?

It would be good to see more accurate data (maybe include the labels in the photos?) as places like Gansu and Qinghai for example are very large areas with many different subspecies.

Adam.

[wollastoni]

Yes I am selling my old collection to make room for Delias.
There are about 50 drawers full of Parnassius, Charaxes, Papilio, Colias, Satyridae and other various beauties that I don't study anymore.

Most of the QingHai specimens comes from PingAn where I had a good contact.
It would take too long to picture all labels, but if you need a more precise data on any specimen, let me know and I will have a look.