Published January 26, 2023 | Version v1
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Papilio saharae subsp. aferpilaggi Cassar & Catania 2023, ssp. nov.

  • 1. Institute of Earth Systems, University of Malta.
  • 2. Rama-Rama, 27, Triq Monsinjur Anton Cilia, Zebbug, ZBG 3140, Malta. & 86 / 2 Moo 5, Tambon Nong Kwai, Hang Dong, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Description

Papilio saharae aferpilaggi ssp. nov.

Holotype. Adult male, collected 05 April 2022, leg. Aldo Catania and Louis F Cassar (Figure 5). The holotype will be deposited in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale ‘ G. Doria’, Genoa, Italy.

Type locality. Contrada di Cimitero Vecchio [35.51473, 12.56600], island of Lampedusa (Isola di Lampedusa),

Sicily, Italy (Sicilia, Italia).

Notes

Published as part of Cassar, Louis-F & Catania, Aldo, 2023, A new subspecies of Papilio saharae Oberthür, 1879 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) from Lampedusa, Italy, pp. 65-78 in Zootaxa 5231 (1) on page 70, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5231.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/7571915

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
2022-04-05
Verbatim event date
2022-04-05
Scientific name authorship
Cassar & Catania
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Papilionidae
Genus
Papilio
Species
aferpilaggi
Taxon rank
subSpecies
Taxonomic status
subsp. nov.
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Papilio saharae subsp. aferpilaggi Cassar & Catania, 2023