Parnassiana dirphys (Willemse, 1980)


Parnassiana dirphys: Female (e.l. rearing, Greece, Euboea, Mount Dirphys, larva in mid-May 2022) [S] Parnassiana dirphys: Female (e.l. rearing, Greece, Euboea, Mount Dirphys, larva in mid-May 2022) [S] Parnassiana dirphys: Female (e.l. rearing, Greece, Euboea, Mount Dirphys, larva in mid-May 2022) [S] Parnassiana dirphys: Female (e.l. rearing, Greece, Euboea, Mount Dirphys, larva in mid-May 2022) [S] Parnassiana dirphys: Female (e.l. rearing, Greece, Euboea, Mount Dirphys, larva in mid-May 2022) [S] Parnassiana dirphys: Female (e.l. rearing, Greece, Euboea, Mount Dirphys, larva in mid-May 2022) [S] Parnassiana dirphys: Female (e.l. rearing, Greece, Euboea, Mount Dirphys, larva in mid-May 2022) [S] Parnassiana dirphys: Female (e.l. rearing, Greece, Euboea, Mount Dirphys, larva in mid-May 2022) [S] Parnassiana dirphys: Female (e.l. rearing, Greece, Euboea, Mount Dirphys, larva in mid-May 2022) [S] Parnassiana dirphys: Female (e.l. rearing, Greece, Euboea, Mount Dirphys, larva in mid-May 2022) [S] Parnassiana dirphys: Female (e.l. rearing, Greece, Euboea, Mount Dirphys, larva in mid-May 2022) [S] Parnassiana dirphys: Female larva (Greece, Euboea, Mount Dirphys, mid-May 2022) [N] Parnassiana dirphys: Female larva (Greece, Euboea, Mount Dirphys, mid-May 2022) [S] Parnassiana dirphys: Female larva (e.l. rearing, Greece, Euboea, Mount Dirphys, larva in mid-May 2022) [S] Parnassiana dirphys: Female larva (e.l. rearing, Greece, Euboea, Mount Dirphys, larva in mid-May 2022) [S] Parnassiana dirphys: Habitat (Greece, Euboea, Mount Dirphys, mid-May 2022) [N] Parnassiana dirphys: Habitat (Greece, Euboea, Mount Dirphys, mid-May 2022) [N]

Habitat:
Parnassiana dirphys inhabits stony, scarcely vegetated mountain slopes on Mount Dirphys on Euboea from about 1000m to the summit at about 1740m.

Life cycle:
The adults appear in summer. I recorded only small larvae when climbing the mountain in mid-May 2022. Most individuals where found in small patches of somewhat denser vegetation in the rocks and screes.

Remarks:
Parnassiana dirphys is endemic to Mount Dirphys on Euboea (Greece).



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