Papilio palinurus palinurus

Papilio palinurus palinurus Fabricius, 1787


♂, Yala, Thailand. (RIEB)		♂, Satun, Thailand. (RIEB)

♂, Surat Thani, Thailand. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Papilio palinurus Fabricius, 1787
OD : Mantissa Ins. 2:2.
TL : 'Tranquebariae' ['Malay Peninsula'] (♂, ZMUC)

Distribution : S.Myanmar, Thailand, Langkawi, W.Malaysia,
Sumatra, Borneo.

Synonyms

Papilio regulus Stoll, 1790 : in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen Aanh. (3):175-176, pl.41, figs.1,♂,1A♂(Un). TL. Bengalen.
Papilio brama Guérin-Méneville, 1840 : Revue Zool. 3(2):43-44, pl.1, figs.3,4. TL. "Cote Malaye"
Papilio palinurus solinus Fruhstorfer, 1902 : Ins. Börse 19(15):117. TL. Borneo. (NHML)
Papilio palinurus tubero Fruhstorfer, 1909 : Ent. Zeit. 22(42):176. TL. "S.O.Borneo" [S.E.Borneo]. (NHML)
Papilio palinurus nikagoras Fruhstorfer, 1909 : Ent. Zeit. 22(42):176. TL. Padang, W.Sumatra. (NHML)

Type Materials Information

palinurus ; ♂, Lectotype. det. by A.M.Cotton,2021 (ZMUC, photo examined)
tubero ; ♂, Type (red), S.O.Borneo. (NHML, examined)
solinus ;
♂, Type (red), Feb. Lawas, Nord-Borneo. A.Everett. (NHML, examined)
♀, Type (red), Nort-Borneo. (NHML, examined)
nikagoras ; ♂, Type (red), Padang, Sumatra. (NHML, examined)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Papilio palinurus palinurus ; Godfrey,1916 : 111. (Phetchaburi River)
Papilio palinurus palinurus ; Pendlebury,1923 : 24. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Lan Saka)
Papilio palinurus palinurus ; Godfrey,1930 : 215. (Phetchaburi River; Bangnara)
Papilio palinurus palinurus ; Godfrey,1932a : 264. (P)
Papilio palinurus palinurus ; Pinratana,1977 : 50, figs.P36,♂,♂(Un). (Songkhla: Hoi Hin)
Papilio palinurus palinurus ; Pinratana & Eliot,1992 : 27,44, pl.49, figs.39,♂,♀. (Kanchanaburi; Pattani; Trang; Satun; Yala)
Papilio palinurus palinurus ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 98, pl.21, figs.P42,♂,♂(Un),♀. (Koh Samui; Kanchanaburi)
Papilio palinurus palinurus ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2022.04.10)
Papilio palinurus palinurus ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 129, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Tarutao Is.)
Papilio palinurus palinurus ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 98, pl.21, figs.P39,♂,♂(Un),♀. (Koh Samui; Kanchanaburi)
Papilio palinurus palinurus ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 162, figs.Abb.Pa-109-110. (Phang Nga)
Papilio palinurus palinurus ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2022- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Phetchaburi; Nakhon Si Thammarat) (accessed: 2023.05.16)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Phetchaburi : 2♂ (photo by T.Aoyama and A.Rukkasikorn).

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

Surat Thani (Koh Samui dist.) : 1♂ (RIEB).

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

Satun (Koh Tarutao) : 1♂ (RIEB).

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

Yala : 4♂ (RIEB ; photo by S.Atdhabhan).

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

Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 10 - 450m). Both sexes visit flowers. Males form flight paths along streams or forest edges, and frequently come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.

Literature

Fabricius, J.C.,1787 : Mantissa Insectorum sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis,
differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus.
Copenhagen, Christ. Gottl. Proft 8vo 1:xx+348pp ; 2:[2]+382pp

Stoll, C.,[?1786]-1787-1791 : Aanhangsel van het Werk, de uitlandsche Kapellen, voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Africa en America, door den Heere Pieter Cramer, vervattende naauwkeurige afbeeldingen van surinaamsche rupsen en poppen;
als mede van veele zeldzaame en nieuwe ontdekte uitlandsche dag-en nagt-kapellen. Amsteldam, Nic. Th. Gravius.
(1):i-viii, 1-42, pls.1-8 ([?1786]-1787) ; (2):43-78, pls.9-16 (1790) ; (3):79-120, pls.17-24 (1790) ; (4):121-146, pls.25-32 (1790) ; (5):147-"384" [=184], pls.33-42 (1790) ; title-page (1791)

Guérin-Méneville, F.E.,1840 : Lepidopteres nouveaux decouverts aux Indes-Orientales par M. Adolphe Delessert.
Revue Zool. (Soc. Cuv.) 3(2):43-44.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1902 : Nachricten aus dem Berliner Entomologischen Verein.
Ins. Börse 19(15):117.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1909 : Neue asiatische Papilio-Rassen.
Ent. Zeit. 22(42):175-176 ; 22(43):177-179.

Cotton, A.M.,2021 : Lectotype designation for Papilio palinurus Fabricius,1787 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)
Butterflies 86:21-23.


♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand. (photo by T.Aoyama)

♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand. (photo by T.Aoyama)	♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)

♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)	♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)

1996.10.02 - 2023.05.31.