3 more Chinese Parnassians

[marsdenda]

Here are 3 more Parnassian to ID to subspecies, I hope I got the species correct this time.



P. stubbendorfi Mundanjiang, Heilongjiang, China 1500 m June 2019

P. epaphus Mt. Bayankela, Qingshihe, Yushuara, Qinghai China 4600 m July 2019

P. actius 10 mi E of Yeniugou, Qilian County, Qinghai, China 3800 m July 2016

Thanks for your help

[Adam Cotton]

The top specimens are P. stubbendorfii koreana Verity, 1907, but I am not sure about the middle and lower specimens. They are either epaphus or mercurius. These two can be rather difficult to identify definitively from small photos of the upperside only. Maybe radusho can tell what they are, he's certainly more of an expert than I am on these.

Adam.