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Papilio demoleus subsp. demoleus Linnaeus 1758

  • 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

69a. Papilio demoleus demoleus Linnaeus, 1758

Papilio erithonius Cramer, 1779; Uitl. Kapellen, 3 (20): 67, pl. 232, f. A–B; TL: ‘en Chine, à Java & sur la Côte de Coromandel’ [China, Java and coastal S.E. India].

Papilio epius Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst., 3 (1): 35; TL: ‘China’.

Papilio erithonius var. Demoleinus Oberth ü r, 1879; Ét. Ent., 4: 57; TL: ‘Chine’ [China].

Pap. [ilio] demoleus libanius Fruhstorfer, 1908; Ent. Z., 22 (35): 141; TL: ‘Takau, Formosa’ [Kaohsiung, Taiwan, China].

P. [apilio] d. [emoleus] demoleus ab. rubropunctata Dufrane, 1946; Bull. Annls. Soc. R. ent. Belg., 82 (5/6): 112; TL: ‘ Cho Ganh, Tonkin’ [Cho Ganh, Ninh Bình, N. Vietnam]. [IFS]

P. [apilio] d. [emoleus] demoleus ab. obliterata Dufrane, 1946; Bull. Annls. Soc. R. ent. Belg., 82 (5/6): 112; TL: ‘Phu-lang-thuong, Tonkin’ [Bac Giang, N. Vietnam]. [IFS]

P. [apilio] d. [emoleus] demoleus ab. jordani Dufrane, 1946; Bull. Annls. Soc. R. ent. Belg., 82 (5/6): 113; TL: ‘ région de Hanoï, Tonkin’ [Hanoi, N. Vietnam]. [IFS]

P. [apilio] d. [emoleus] demoleus ab. bipunctata Dufrane, 1946; Bull. Annls. Soc. R. ent. Belg., 82 (5/6): 113; TL: ‘ Cho Ganh, Tonkin’ [Cho Ganh, Ninh Bình, N. Vietnam]. [IFS]

P. [apilio] d. [emoleus] demoleus ab. punctata Dufrane, 1946; Bull. Annls. Soc. R. ent. Belg., 82 (5/6): 113; TL: ‘ Hoa binh, Tonkin’ [Hoa Binh, N. Vietnam]. [IFS]

P. [apilio] d. [emoleus] demoleus ab. tripunctata Dufrane, 1946; Bull. Annls. Soc. R. ent. Belg., 82 (5/6): 113; TL: ‘ Hoa binh, Tonkin’ [Hoa Binh, N. Vietnam]. [IFS]

P. [apilio] d. [emoleus] demoleus ab. coomani Dufrane, 1946; Bull.Annls. Soc. R. ent. Belg., 82 (5/6): 113; TL: ‘ Hoa binh, Tonkin’ [Hoa Binh, N. Vietnam]. [IFS]

P. [apilio] d. [emoleus] demoleus ab. lemoulti Dufrane, 1946; Bull. Annls. Soc. R. ent. Belg., 82 (5/6): 113; TL: ‘ Longt Che Ou, Chine’ [Longzhou, Guangxi, China]. [IFS]

P. [apilio] d. [emoleus] demoleus ab. joannisi Dufrane, 1946; Bull. Annls. Soc. R. ent. Belg., 82 (5/6): 113; TL: ‘ Cho Ganh, Tonkin’ [Cho Ganh, Ninh Bình, N. Vietnam]. [IFS]

P. [apilio] d. [emoleus] demoleus ab. ochrea Dufrane, 1946; Bull. Annls. Soc. R. ent. Belg., 82 (5/6): 113; TL: ‘ Longt Che Ou, Chine’ [Longzhou, Guangxi, China]. [IFS]

Papilio demoleus var. flavosignatus Heydemann, 1954; Z. Wien. ent. Ges., 39 (11): 388; TL: ‘Dschellalabad, Afganistan’ [Jalalabad, Afghanistan].

Distribution: commonly found in lowlands and river valleys in W., S.W., C., S., and S.E. Yunnan; also found in S. China (including Taiwan Island) and N. Indochina through India westward to the Middle East.

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 pages 43-44, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5362.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10149411

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  • 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
  • Cramer, P. (1779 - 1782) De Uitlandsche Kapellen, Voorkomende in de Drie Waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America. Tome Troisieme. S. J. Baalde, Amsteldam, 176 pp., 96 pls. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.65748
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  • Dufrane, A. (1946) Papilionidae. Bulletin et Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, 82, 101-122.