Recorded from the Karakoram Mountains at an elevation of 18,000 feet; found also in the Pamirs and Tibet.
They then decided, rather too hastily, to attempt the 7200-meter high Khan Tengri in the Pamirs.
Parnassius staudingeri is a high altitude butterfly which is found over a vast area - Pamirs, Alay Mountains, Hindu Kush, Karakorum and West Kuen-Lun.