Parnassius imperator

Subspecies P. i. augustus was described by Hans Fruhstorfer in the 1907 book The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma – Butterflies, Volume II: ==Range==

“North-eastern India (Sikkim), western China (Xizang Zizhiqu (Tibet), Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan (Szechwan) and Yunnan).” One early siting in Tibet was by Antwerp Edgar Pratt, "... I returned to Ta-tsien-lu... I found time to search for the larvae of Parnassius Imperator and got about twenty, and one pupa" ==Status==

P. imperator is "not known to be threatened as a species, but P. i. augustus is protected by law in India. It seems to be a common subalpine species in China." P. i. augustus was listed as "critically endangered" in the 1994 The Red Data Book on Indian Animals: Butterflies of India. P. imperator has been said to command a high price at European butterfly auctions in the past. ==Subspecies==

There were twenty subspecies in 1985, • P. i. acalanatha Shinkai & Morita, 1995 • P. i. aino Bryk, 1932 • P. i. augustus Fruhstorfer, 1903 • P. i. aungsani Nose & Mikami, 1998 • P. i. cedermarki Bryk, 1934 • P. i. dominus Bang-Haas, 1934 • P. i. erlaensis Sugiyama, 1992 • P. i. evansi Bryk, 1932 • P. i. gigas Kotzsch, 1932 • P. i. haveli Kocman, 1995 • P. i. hoshinoi Kocman, 1999 • P. i. imperator Oberthür, 1883 • P. i. imperatrix Alph. 1897 • P. i. imposantus Schulte, 1991 • P. i. indra Korb 1997 - disputed validity • P. i. interjungens Bryk 1932 • P. i. intermedius Rothschild 1909 • P. i. irmae Bryk, 1932 • P. i. jiyetiani Pierrat, 1990 • P. i. kameii Furumi & Sinkai, 1992 • P. i. karmapa Weiss & Michel, 1989 • P. i. kawasakii Sorimachi, 1992 • P. i. luxuriosus Mrácek & Schulte, 1990 • P. i. mahamayuri Shinkai & Morita, 1995 • P. i. milarepa Hamada, 2003 • P. i. musetta Bryk & Eisner, 1932 • P. i. musageta Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 • P. i. namchawarwanus Watanabe, 1995 • P. i. quaidami Kocman, 1995 • P. i. regina Bryk & Eisner, 1932 • P. i. regulus Bryk & Eisner, 1932 • P. i. rex Bang-Haas, 1928 • P. i. soi Sorimachi, 1997 • P. i. sultan Bryk & Eisner, 1932 • P. i. supremus Fruhstorfer, 1903 • P. i. takashii Ohya, 1990 • P. i. tara Shinkai, 1997 • P. i. titus Kocman, 1997 • P. i. tyrannus Bang-Haas, 1935 • P. i. uxoria Bang-Haas, 1935 • P. i. uxorius Bang-Haas, 1935 • P. i. vajramusti Oikawa, 1995 • P. i. venustus Stichel, 1906 ==Cited references==