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Papilio xuthus Linnaeus 1767

  • 1. Institute of International Rivers and Eco-security, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China & Yunnan Key Laboratory of International Rivers and Transboundary Eco-security, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China
  • 2. 86 / 2 Moo 5, Tambon Nong Kwai, Hang Dong, Chiang Mai, Thailand
  • 3. Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Apartado 14 - 0434, Lima- 14, Peru
  • 4. School of Agriculture, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China
  • 5. Kunming Youning Biotech Co., Ltd, Kunming, 650031, China

Description

58. Papilio xuthus Linnaeus, 1767

Papilio xuthus Linnaeus, 1767; Systema Naturae (Ed. 12), 1 (2): 751 corrigenda; TL: ‘ India orientali’ [Guangdong, China].

Papilio ajax Linnaeus, 1758; Systema Naturae (Ed. 10), 1: 462; TL: ‘America boreali’ [loc. err.]; [name suppressed for the purposes of the Principle of Priority, ICZN Opinion 286].

Papilio xanthus Linnaeus, 1767; Systema Naturae (Ed. 12), 1 (2): 751; [name rejected for nomenclatural purposes, ICZN Opinion 286]. [IOS]

Papilio xathus Fabricius, 1787; Mantissa Ins., 2: 10. [ISS]

Papilio xuthulus Bremer, 1861; Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersb., 3 (7): 463; TL: ‘Bureja-Gebirge’ [Bureinsky Ridge, Russia (Far East)].

P.[apilio] xuthulinus Murray, 1874; Ent. Month. Mag., 11 (127): 166; TL: ‘ Yokohama’ [Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan]. [NN]

Papilio xuthus ab. chinensis Neuburger, 1900; Illte. Z. ent., 5 (11): 168; TL: ‘ China (Env. de Changai)’ [near Shanghai, China]. [IFS]

Papilio xanthus koxinga Fruhstorfer, 1908; Ent. Z., 22 (11): 46; TL: ‘Formosa’ [Taiwan, China].

Papilio xanthus neoxuthus Fruhstorfer, 1908; Ent. Z., 22 (11): 46; TL: ‘Ta-Tsien-lu’ [Kangding, W. Sichuan, China].

Papilio xanthus neoxanthus Fruhstorfer, 1908; Ent. Z., 22 (11): 47. [IOS]

Papilio xanthus neoxanthus forma xuthina Fruhstorfer, 1908; Ent. Z., 22 (11): 47; TL: ‘Siao-Lou’ [Washan, Sichuan, China]. [IFS]

P. [apilio] xuthus ab. pseudozancleus Stetter-Stättermayer, 1924; Ent. Anz., 4 (15): 133; TL: ‘ Peking’ [Beijing, China]. [IFS]

P. [apilio] xuthus ab. depuncta Stetter-Stättermayer, 1924; Ent. Anz., 4 (15): 133; TL: ‘Ussuri; Omisien (Szetschwan); Jokohama’ [Ussuri, FE. Russia; Emeishan, Sichuan, China; Yokohama, Japan]. [IFS]

P. [apilio] xuthus aber. feminisimilis Mell, 1938; Dt. ent. Z., 1938 (2): 306; TL: ‘Fumui (s ü dlich von Waichow am Unterlauf des Tung-Flusses)’ [south of Huizhou at the lower reaches of the Donghe River, Guangdong, China]. [IFS]

P. [apilio] xuthus f. ochrea Mell, 1938; Dt. ent. Z., 1938 (2): 306; TL: ‘ Westyunnan (Tali, Chaochow)’ [Dali and Fengyi (9 km E. of Dali township), W. Yunnan, China]. [IFS]

Papilio xuthus koxinga ab. umbriferus Murayama & Shimonoya, 1966; Tyô to Ga, 16 (3/4): 58, f. 5; TL: ‘Kuraru’ [Sheding, Pingtung, S. Taiwan, China]. [IFS]

Distribution: widely distributed throughout Yunnan, except for the high mountains in the N.W. corner; also found in East Asia, N.E. Myanmar and N. Vietnam.

Notes

Published as part of Hu, Shao-Ji, Cotton, Adam M., Lamas, Gerardo, Duan, Kuang & Zhang, Xin, 2023, Checklist of Yunnan Papilionidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) with nomenclatural notes and descriptions of new subspecies, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 5362 (1) on page 34, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5362.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10149411

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Papilionidae
Genus
Papilio
Species
xuthus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Papilio xuthus Linnaeus, 1767 sec. Hu, Cotton, Lamas, Duan & Zhang, 2023

References

  • Linnaeus, C. (1767) n. k. In: Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Editio duodecima reformata. Tom. I. Pars II. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, pp. [i - ii] + 533-1328 + [1 - 36]. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.156772
  • Linnaeus, C. (1758) n. k. In: Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Editio Decima, reformata. Tom. I. Pars II. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, pp. 339-824. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.542
  • Fabricius J. C. (1787) Mantissa Insectorum: Sistens Species Nuper Detectas Adiectis Synonymis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus, Emendationibus. Tome II. Christian Gottlieb. Proft, Hafniae, 382 pp.
  • Bremer, O. (1861) Neue Lepidopteren aus Ost-Sibirien und dem Amur-Lande, gesammelt von Radde und Maack. Bulletin de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de Saint-Petersbourg, 3 (3 - 4), 461-496.
  • Murray, R. P. (1874) Notes on Japanese butterflies, with description of new genera and species. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 11, 166-172.
  • Fruhstorfer, H. (1908) Neue Papilio - rassen aus der Eurypylus - gruppe. Entomologische Zeitschrift, 21 (37), 222.