Parnassius autocrator

{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}

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| image =Parnassius_autocrator_female.jpg

| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Nadler, J. |author2=Lukhtanov, V. |date=2021 |title=Parnassius autocrator |volume=2021 |page=e.T16251A122600766 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T16251A122600766.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| taxon = Parnassius autocrator

| authority = Avinoff, 1913

}}

Parnassius autocrator is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Parnassius autocrator is a high-altitude butterfly (up to 3,000 m). The preferred larval food plant is Corydalis adiantifolia.

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Further reading

  • Krejtsberg A. V., 1987 Ecologie de Parnassius autocrator (Lepidoptera): une espèce rare de papilionidés On the ecology of Parnassius autocrator (Lepidoptera): a rare species of papilionids Zoologičeskij žurnal (in Russian) ISSN 0044-5134 Nauka, Moskva Russian Federation
  • {{cite book |last1=Collins |first1=N. Mark |last2=Morris |first2=Michael G. |date=1985 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/98674#page/7/mode/1up |title=Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book |publisher=IUCN |location=Gland & Cambridge |isbn=978-2-88032-603-6 |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}
  • sv:Parnassius autocrator Swedish Wikipedia provides further references and synonymy