Papilio demoleus demoleus

Papilio demoleus demoleus Linnaeus, 1758

ON : Papilio demoleus Linnaeus, 1758
OD : Syst. nat. (ed. 10) 1:464.
TL : "Asia" [Guangzhou, Guangdong, S.China]. (MLU)

Distribution : Middle East to Sri Lanka, India to Myanmar,
N.Vietnam, Hainan, S.China, Taiwan, Philippines.

	● ssp.demoleus
	● ssp.malayanus

Synonyms
(--- The taxon marked with an asterisk is cited from other literature and I have not been able to confirm the original description.)

Papilio erithonius Cramer, 1779 : Uitl. Kapellen 3(17-21):67-68, pl.232, figs.A♂,B♂(Un). 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. (NHMD)
Papilio erithonius var. demoleinus Oberthür, 1879 : Étud. ent. 4:57-58. TL. "Chine" [China]. (♂♀, NHML)
Papilio demoleus libanius Fruhstorfer, 1908 : Ent. Zeit. 22:(35):141. TL. "Takau, Formosa" [Kaohsiung, Taiwan]. (♂, NHML)
Papilio demoleus demoleus ab. lemoulti Dufrane, 1946 : Bull. Annls Soc. ent. Belg. 82:113. TL. "Longt Che Ou, Chine" [Longzhou, Guangxi, China]. (♂) (IFS)
Papilio demoleus demoleus ab. ochrea Dufrane, 1946 : Bull. Annls Soc. ent. Belg. 82:113. TL. "Longt Che Ou, Chine" [Longzhou, Guangxi, China]. (♀) (IFS)
Papilio demoleus flavosignatus Heydemann, 1954 : Z. wien. ent. Ges. 39:388. TL. "Dschellalabad, Afganistan" [Jalalabad, Afghanistan]. (♂♀)
∗ "Papilio demoleus ab. wesoui Murayama, 1958 : New Ent. Ueda 7(1):26, fig.8. TL. Taiwan." (Cited from Bridges,1988)

Type Materials Information

epius ; 2♂, Type, det. R.I.Vane-Wright,1977. (NHMD) ; ♀, Type, det. R.I.Vane-Wright,1977. (NHMD)
demoleinus ;
♀, Syntype (blue) ; Type (red), #220293, Chine. (NHML, examined)
♀, Syntype (blue) ; Type (red), #220294. (NHML, examined)
libanius ;
♂, Type HT (red), #220268, Formosa Regenzeit. Fruhstorfer. (NHML, examined) ;
♀, Type AT (red), #220283, Formosa Regenzeit, Fruhstorfer. (NHML, examined)

Records taken from Literature

[ VIETNAM ]
Papilio erithonius ; Joannis,1901 : 332. (Tonkin: Cao Bang)
Papilio demoleus ; Fruhstorfer,1903 : 171-172. (Tonkin: Than-Moi; Chiem-Hoa)
Papilio demoleus demoleus ; Jordan,1908-1909 : 48. (Tonkin)
Papilio demoleus ; Lemée,1950 : 4. (Hagiang; 'Hanoi')
Papilio demoleus demoleus ; Metaye,1957 : 81. (N) (in part)
Papilio demoleus demoleus ab.♂ demoleinus ; Metaye,1957 : 81. (N) (in part)
Papilio demoleus demoleus ; Monastyrskii,2007 : 47-48, pl.11, fig.1a♂. (N)
Papilio demoleus demoleus ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 12. (N)

Notes

The distribution of this taxon in the Indochina region seems to be rather confined, it is found only in the east part of N.Vietnam close to the Chinese border. Further distributional research is needed.

Literature

Linnaeus, C.,1758 : Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis.
Holmiae, Laurentii Salvii. (Edition 10). 1(Animalia):[iv]+824pp.

Cramer, P.,1775-1780 :
De uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Africa en America. Papillons exotiques des trois parties du monde l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amerique.
Amsteldam, S.J.Baalde; Barthelemy Wild and J. Van Schoonhoven & Comp.
1(1/7):i-xxx, 1-16, 1-132, pls.1-84 ([31 December]1775), (8):133-155, pls.85-96 (1776); 2(9/16):1-151, pls.97-192 (1777); 3(17/22):1-128, pls.193-264 (1779), (23/24):129-176, pls.265-288 (1780); 4(25/26):1-28, pls.289-304 (1780)

Fabricius, J.C.,1793 : Entomologia systematica emedata et aucta. secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus.
3(1): [iv] + 488 pp. Copenhagen. C.G.Proft.

Oberthür, C.,1879 : Catalogue raisonné des Papilionidae de la collection de Ch. Oberthür a Rennes.
Étud. ent. 4:xviii + 19-117 pp, 6 pls.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1908 : Lepidopterologisches Pele-Mele. X. Neue Rhopaloceren von Formosa.
Ent. Zeit. 22(35):140-141.

Dufrane, A.,1946 : Papilionidae
Bull. Annls Soc. ent. Belg. 82:101-122.

Corbet, A.S.,1949 : The Linnaean Names of Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. Part 7. Summary of Determinations.
Proc. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond (B)18(9-10):191-199.

Heydemann, F.,1954 : Beitrag zur Lepidopteren-Fauna Afghanistans.
Z. wien. ent. Ges. 39:385-396, pls.35-36.

Bridges, C.A.,1988 : Catalogue of Papilionidae & Pieridae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)
C.A.Bridges, Urbana, Illinois, USA.

Smith, C.R. & Vane-Wright, R.I.,2008 : Classification, nomenclature and identification of lime swallowtail butterflies :
a post-cladistic analysis. (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)
Systematics and Biodiversity 6(2):175-203.

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