Papilio polytes polytes

Papilio polytes polytes Linnaeus, 1758


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

ON : Papilio polytes Linnaeus, 1758
OD : Syst. nat. (ed. 10) 1:460.
TL : "Asia" [Guangdong, China].

Distribution : N.Vietnam, China.

	● ssp.romulus
	● hybrid zone of latreilloides and polytes

Synonyms

Papilio pammon Linnaeus, 1758 : Syst. nat. (ed.10) 1:460. TL. "Asia" [Guangzhou, Guangdong, China]. (♂, LSL)
Papilio pammon var. borealis C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862 : Wien. ent. Monats. 6(1):22. TL. "Ning-Po" [Ningbo, Zhejiang]. (♂♀)
Papilio polytes borealis ♀f. mandane Rothschild, 1895 : Novit. zool. 2(3):348. TL. W.China. (♀) (IFS)
Papilio richardi Fernández, 1912 : Boln. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. nat. 12(5):302-303, fig.1,[♀]. TL. "Ya-lan, Hu-nan setentrional" [Yalan, Hunan].
Papilio polytes flavolineatus Chou, Yuan & Wang, 2000 : Entomotaxonomia 22(4):267, figs.9(HT,♀),10(HT,♀Un). TL. Nantong, Jiangsu. (♀, Entomological Museum, NWAFU, China)
Papilio obscurus Chou, Yuan & Wang, 2000 : Entomotaxonomia 22(4):267-268, 273-274, figs.11(HT,♀),12(HT,♀Un). TL. Lushan, Sichuan. (♀, Entomological Museum, NWAFU, China)
Papilio obscuras Chou, Yuan & Wang, 2000 : Entomotaxonomia 22(4):273. (IOS)
Papilio polytes sakiboso Yoshino, 2018 : Butterfly Science 12:74, figs.5(HT,♂),6(HT,♂Un),7(PT,♂),8(PT,♂Un). TL. "Ximen County, Mt.Kongashan, W.Sichuan" [SE slope Mt.Gonggashan, W.Sicuan]. (♂, It will be preserved in the KMNH)

Type Materials Information

pammon ; ♂, Lectotype. (LSL, photo examined)
flavolineatus ; Holotype ♀, Jul.1995. Nantong, Jiangsu. X.Hou (Entomological Museum, NWAFU, China)
obscurus ; Holotype ♀, Lushan, Sichuan. J.Wang (Entomological Museum, NWAFU, China)
sakiboso ;
Holotype ♂, Jul.2001, Ximen County 1500m, Mt.Kongashan, West Sichuan, China. (It will be preserved in the KMNH)
Paratypes : 5♂. same data as holotype. (in coll. K.Yoshino)

Records taken from Literature

[ VIETNAM ]
Papilio polytes ; Joannis,1901 : 332-333. (Tonkin: Cao Bang)
Papilio polytes polytes ; Jordan,1908-1909 : 61. (Tonkin)
Papilio polytes f.♂ pammon, f.♀mandane ; Dubois & Vitalis,1914 : 149. (N.Tonkin)
Papilio polytes f.♀ stychius [sic] ; Dubois & Vitalis,1914 : 149. (N.Tonkin)
Papilio polytes ab. chryson ; Dubois & Vitalis,1914 : 149. (N.Tonkin)
Papilio polytes f.♂ pammon, f.♀mandane ; Vitalis,1919 : 214. (N.Tonkin)
Papilio polytes f.♀ stychius [sic] ; Vitalis,1919 : 214. (N.Tonkin)
Papilio polytes ab. chryson ; Vitalis,1919 : 214. (N.Tonkin)
Papilio polytes f.♀ madane [sic] ; Dubois & Vitalis,1921 : 13. (N.Tonkin)
Papilio polytes f.♀ stychius [sic] ; Dubois & Vitalis,1921 : 13. (Tonkin)
Papilio polytes ab. chryson ; Dubois & Vitalis,1921 : 13. (Tonkin)
Papilio polytes ; Lemée,1950 : 4. (Hagiang; Sontay; Hanoi)
Papilio polytes polytes ; Metaye,1957 : 82. (N / 'C' / 'S')
Papilio polytes polytes f.♂ pammon ; Metaye,1957 : 82. (N / 'C'/ 'S')
Papilio polytes polytes f.♀ polytes ; Metaye,1957 : 82. (N / 'C' / 'S')
Papilio polytes polytes f.♀ mandane ; Metaye,1957 : 82. (N)
Papilio polytes polytes f.♀ stichius ; Metaye,1957 : 82. (N)
Papilio polytes romulus ab. chryson ; Metaye,1957 : 82. (N)
Papilio polytes polytes ; Monastyrskii,2007 : 59-61, pl.15, fig.b♂(f.depictus). (N) (in part)
Papilio polytes polytes ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 13. (N)

Specimens Examined

[ VIETNAM ]
Ha Giang : 1♂ 1♀.

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

Notes

This subspecies is distributed in northern part of N.Vietnam. The conventional records may have been confused with other subspecies. Both ssp.polytes and ssp.latreilloides have been obtained sympatrically in some parts of Yunnan, China to Ha Giang, N.Vietnam. Some specimens seem to be intermediate between them, suggesting a hybrid zone. It is uncertain whether the figured female specimen shown above is ssp.polytes or ssp.latreilloides. Further taxonomic study is needed.

Literature

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

Felder, C. & Felder, R.,1862 : Observationes de Lepidopteris nonullis Chinae Centralis et Japoniae.
Wien. ent. Monats. 6(1):22-32 ; (2):33-40.

Rothschild, L.W.,1895 : A revision of the Papilios of the Eastern Hemisphere, exclusive of Africa.
Novit. zool. 2(3):167-463, pl.4.

Fernández, P.A.,1912 : Dos nuevos lepidópteros paleárticos. - Notas de geografia entomológica
Boln. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. nat. 12(5):300-305.

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

Chou I., Yuan, F. & Wang, Y.L.,2000 : New species, new subspecies, and new record of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) from China (II)
Entomotaxonomia 22(4):266-274.

Yoshino, K.,2018 : Description of Two New Subspecies of Papilio polytes (Papilionidae) from Southwest China and a New Subspecies of Delias acalis (Pieridae) from Hainan Island, South China
Butterfly Science 12:69-75.

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.

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