Papilio verityi

Papilio verityi Fruhstorfer, 1907


♂, Ha Giang, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)		♀, Ha Giang, Vietnam. (photo by A.M.Cotton)

♂, Ha Giang, Vietnam. (photo by A.M.Cotton)		♀, Ha Giang, Vietnam. (photo by A.M.Cotton)

♂, Ha Giang, Vietnam. (photo by A.M.Cotton)		♀, Ha Giang, Vietnam. (photo by A.M.Cotton)

ON : Papilio machaon verityi Fruhstorfer, 1907
OD : Ent. Zeit. 20(41): 301.
TL : "Mannao, Yunnan" [Manhao, S.Yunnan].

Distribution : Assam to N.Myanmar, Yunnan, N.Vietnam.

Synonyms

Papilio machaon forma archias Fruhstorfer, 1907 : Ent. Zeit. 20(41): 301. TL. 'Fou-Lin, Tibet' [Hanyuan, Sichuan]. (homonym)
Papilio machaon birmanicus Rothschild, 1908 : Novit. zool. 15: 168. TL. "Shan State and Burma" [Shan State, Myanmar].
Papilio machaon suroia Tytler, 1939 : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 41(2): 239. TL. "Suroi, Manipur" [Suroi, Manipur, NE.India].
Papilio machaon taliensis Eller, 1939 : Verh. Int. Kongr. ent. 7(1): 85. (Unavailable name)
Papilio machaon suroius Eller, 1939 : Verh. Int. Kongr. ent. 7(1): 85. (Unjustified Emendation)
Papilio machaon tschekulensis Eller, 1939 : Verh. Int. Kongr. ent. 7(1): 85. (Unavailable name)
Papilio machaon taliens Eller, 1939 : Verh. Int. Kongr. ent. 7(1): 98. (Unavailable name)

Type Materials Information

birmanicus ; ♂, Syntype, Aug.95. S.Chin Hills, 6-7000 ft. designated by A.M.Cotton, 29.Aug.2006. (NHML, photo examined)
suroia ; ♂, Type HT (red), 8.14. Suroifui, Manipur. (NHML, examined) ; ♀, Type AT (red), 8.14. Suroifui, Manipur. (NHML, examined)

Records taken from Literature

[ VIETNAM ]
Papilio machaon f. verityi ; Dubois & Vitalis,1914 : 148. (Tonkin)
Papilio machaon f. verityi ; Vitalis,1919 : 212. (Tonkin)
Papilio machaon f. verityi ; Dubois & Vitalis,1921 : 11. (Tonkin)
Papilio machaon verityi ; Metaye,1957 : 82. (N)
Papilio machaon verityi ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2003 : 11. (by literature N: 'Lao Cai'; Ha Giang)
Papilio machaon verityi ; Monastyrskii,2007 : 50, pl.11, figs.3,♂. (Ha Giang)
Papilio machaon verityi ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 12. (N: 'Lao Cai'; Ha Giang)
Papilio verityi ; Nazari et al.,2023 : 64-65, fig.♂,♂(Un),♂ genitalia. (N: Dong Van)

Specimens Examined

[ VIETNAM ]
Ha Giang : 4♂ 3♀.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Notes

This taxon is treated as a distinct species by Hu et al. (2023).
Monastyrskii & Deviatkin (2003,2015) recorded it from 'Lao Cai' based on the record of Vitalis (1919), however it is doubtful. All records in Dubois & Vitalis (1914,1919) and (1921) mentioned it only from Tonkin. It is most likely that this species has only ever been found in Ha Giang area.

Literature

Fruhstorfer, H.,1907 : Zwei neue paläarktische Papilio.
Ent. Zeit. 20(41): 301. (15.Mar.1907)

Rothschild, L.W.,1908 : New Forms of Oriental Papilios.
Novit. zool. 15: 165-174.

Tytler, H.,1939 : Notes on some new and interesting butterflies chiefly from Burma. pt.1.
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 41(2): 235-252.

Eller, K.,1939 : Fragen und Probleme zur Zoogeographie und zur Rassen- und Artbildung in der Papilio machaon-Gruppe. VII.
Verh. Int. Kongr. ent. 7(1): 74–101.

Monastyrskii, A.L. & Devyatkin, A.L.,2003 : Butterflies of Vietnam (an illustrated checklist).
Hanoi, Thong Nhat Printing House. 56 pp, 14 pls.

Huang, H.,2003 : A list of butterflies collected from Nujiang (Lou Tse Kiang) and Dulongiang, China with descriptions of new species, and revisional notes.
Neue ent. Nachr. 55: 3-114.

Nazari, V., Cotton, A.M., Coutsis, J.G., Shapoval, N., Todisco, V. & Bozano, G.C.,2023 :
Papilionidae part IV, Subfamily Papilioninae, Tribe Papilionini, Genus Papilio (partim). In G.C.Bozano (ed.), Guide to the Butterflies of the Palearctic Region.
91 pp., Omnes Artes, Milano.

Hu, S.J, Cotton, A.M., Lamas, G, Duan, K. & Zhang, X.,2023 : Checklist of Yunnan Papilionidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionidea) with nomenclatural notes and descriptions of new subspecies.
Zootaxa 5362(1): 001-069.

1996.09.26 - 2025.05.31.