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''Parnassius tenedius'' is an East Palearctic member of the snow Apollo genus ''Parnassius'' of the swallowtail family, Papilionidae. Populations range from Siberia and the Far East of Russia to the W. Chukchi Peninsula, Mongolia and North China.The larva feeds on ''Corydalis''.In the northern part of its range it is a low altitude butterfly, further south it is montane . ==Description== The forewing length is 17–31 mm; the wings have a white ground colour, often with a yellowish tint, and in females with a dark suffusion. The pattern consists of small separate black spots or strokes. Reddish or yellowish spots on the hind wings are elongate and to some extent stretched along the veins and may be reduced. The small sphragis is irregular in shape.The eggs are white and glossy, with a fine cell sculpture. The shape is hemispheric with a dimple at the apex. The larva is dark brown with a row of pale-orange spots along the dorsum and two similar lateral rows on either side. Description in Seitz "deviates somewhat from the general aspect of the (HREF="http://www.kotoba.ne.jp/word/11/Parnassius acco" TITLE="Parnassius acco">Parnassius acco'' ) group (''Parnassius simo'' and ''tenedius'') ), male with theordinary cell-spots, the central one rounded, further with an abbreviated band distally of cell bearing 2 more or less distinct red dots; with narrow vitreous margin and a submarginal row of sharply marked small black spots. Hindwing with red basal spot; ocelli small, at the apex of cell a small black streak, near the edge a row of small black spots; the spots stronger below, between the posterior ocellus and the anal angle a complete chain of usually red-centred spots which shine through above, basal spots much prolonged. female more strongly marked, the costal spots of forewing more profusely red, the hindmarginal Spot being also filled in with red; black-grey abdominal area of hindwing wider, the anal spots marked also on upperside, all the red paler, the distal margin blackish. — East Turkestan: Issykkul; South Siberia: Altai, Sajan, Kentei Mts.upper districts of the Lena and Viljui (July), Jakutsk."〔Adalbert Seitz ''Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde'', Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Parnassius tenedius」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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