Published November 6, 2023 | Version v1
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Lamproptera curius subsp. curius

  • 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

2. Lamproptera curius curius (Fabricius, 1787)

Recorded distribution: Yunnan and Sichuan (Wu 2001: 186)

Note: Almost all available literature listed L. curius curius from S. Yunnan, Indo-China, Malay Peninsula, to Sumatra. However, such subspecies delimitation and range is facing an inevitable challenge now.

Hu et al. (2014) discussed the identity of the type specimen of L. curius in BMNH, which is a female L. meges annamiticus (Fruhstorfer, 1909) with bleached median band. By analysing the diary of Koenig (1894), Chanthaburi of Thailand was designated as the type locality of L. curius. This issue questions whether the nominotypical L. curius actually occurs in China. Further comparison between all Chinese populations and the Chanthaburi population using morphological and molecular characters is required, as well as resolution of the resultant nomenclatural problem.

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 55, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5362.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10149411

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References

  • Fabricius J. C. (1787) Mantissa Insectorum: Sistens Species Nuper Detectas Adiectis Synonymis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus, Emendationibus. Tome II. Christian Gottlieb. Proft, Hafniae, 382 pp.
  • Wu, C. S. (2001) Fauna Sinica. Insecta Vol. 25. Lepidoptera: Papilionidae. Science Press, Beijing, 367 pp.
  • Hu, S. J., Zhang, X., Cotton, A. M. & Ye, H. (2014) Discovery of a third species of Lamproptera Gray, 1832 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Zootaxa, 3786 (4), 469-482. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3786.4.5
  • Fruhstorfer, H. (1909) Neue Rhopaloceren von Formosa und den Nachbarlandern. Entomologische Zeitschrift, 22 (41), 167.
  • Koenig, J. G. (1894) Journal of a voyage from India to Siam and Malacca in 1779. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 26, 58-201.