Faunis eumeus eumeus  (Drury, 1773)

Faunis eumeus eumeus ♂ Up. Faunis eumeus eumeus ♂ Un.
♂, Cao Bang, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Papilio eumeus Drury, 1773
OD : Ill. nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 1:index,4, pl.2, fig.3.
TL : S.China.
Distribution : N.Vietnam, Guangdong, Hainan,
Hongkong.
● ssp.eumeus
ssp.incerta
ssp.
Faunis eumeus eumeus map

Synonym

Papilio decempunctatus Goeze, 1779 : Ent. Beytrage 3(1):212. TL. China.


Records taken from Literature

[ VIETNAM ]
Faunis eumaus [sic] ; Lemée,1950 : 8. (Hagiang; Backan)
Faunis eumeus eumeus ; Monastyrskii,2011 : 78-80, pl.15, figs.2a♂,2b♂. (N: Ba Be; Tam Dao)
Faunis eumeus eumeus ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 28. (N: Cao Bang; Bac Can; Vinh Phuc)


Specimens Examined

[ VIETNAM ]
Cao Bang : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

A male example from Cao Bang, N.Vietnam showing above is very large in size. The relationship between nominotypical subspecies and the population of N.Vietnam is still not clear. Further taxonomic study is needed.


Literature

Drury, D.,1773 : Illustrations of natural history; wherein are exhibited ... Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 1.
1-130, pl. 1-50.

Goeze, E.,1779 : Entomologische Beytrage zu des Ritter Linne zwolften Ausgabe des Natursystems
3(1):1-390.


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