Meandrusa sciron  (Leech, 1890)


ON : Papilio sciron Leech, 1890
OD : Entomologist 23(325):192.
TL : "Chia-Kou-Ho ; Huang-mu-Chung, China"
[Jinkouhe (Leshan) and Huangmu Zhen (Hanyuan), W.Sichuan].
Distribution : N.Vietnam, China.
Meandrusa sciron Map


Synonyms

Papilio hercules Blanchard, 1871 : C. R. Hebd. Séanc. Acad. Sci. 72(25):809(note). TL. "Mou-pin" [Baoxing, W.Sichuan]. (homonym)
Papilio gyas var. porus Strecker, 1900 : Lepid. Rhop. Het., Suppl. 3:17. TL. 'Garo Hills, Assam' [loc.err. = China]. (IFS)
Meandrusa sciron abaensis Sugiyama, 1994 : Pallarge 3:6, figs.13(HT,♂),14(HT,♂Un),15,♀,16,♀(Un). TL."N.-Mt.Signian, Sichuan, China" [north of Siguniang Shan, W.Sichuan].
Dabasa hercules splendens Huang, 1995 : Bull. Amat. ent. Soc. 54(399):63-64, figs.1.♂, 2A(♂ genitalia). TL. Dazhulan, Jianyang, Fujian Prov. of China.
Menandrusa [sic] hercules hajiangensis Funahashi, 2003 : Wallace. 8:4-5, pl.1, fig.3(HT,♂). TL. "Hajiang" [Hagiang], N.Vietnam. (♂, in Coll. A.Funahashi)


Type Materials Information

sciron :
♂, Type (red), Rh11088. Aug.1889. Huang-Mu-Chang, 7000 ft., A.E.Pratt coll. (NHML, examined.)
♀, Type (red), Rh11089, #149359. July.1889. Chia-Kou-Ho, A.E.Pratt coll. (NHML, examined.)
abaensis :
Holotype, ♂, 7.Jul.1993. N.-Mt.Signiang, Sichuan, China. H.Sugiyama leg. (in coll. H.Sugiyama)
Paratypes : 23♂ 9♀, same locality as holotype. (in coll. H.Sugiyama)
splendens : Holotype, ♂, 13.Jul.1990. Dazhulan, Jianyang, Fujian, China.
hajiangensis :
Holotype ♂, Jul.1998. Hajiang, alt.1200m, N.Vietnam. (in Coll. A.Funahashi)
Paratypes : 50♂, Jul.1998. Hajiang, alt.1200m, N.Vietnam. (in Coll. A.Funahashi)


Records taken from Literature

[ VIETNAM ]
Meandrusa sciron hajiangensis ; Monastyrskii,2007 : 70-71, pl.21, fig.2,♂. (N: Ha Giang)
Meandrusa sciron hajiangensis ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 13, pl.1, fig.1a♂,1b♂(Un). (N: Ha Giang)


Notes
Literature

Blanchard, C.É.,1871 : Remarques sur la faune de la principauté thibétaine du Mou-pin.
Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l’Académie des Sciences 72(25):807–813.

Leech, J.H.,1890 : New species of Lepidoptera from China
Entomologist 23:26-50, 81-83, 109-114, 187-192, pl.1.

Strecker, H.,1900 : In Lepidoptera, Rhopaloceres and Heteroceres, Indigenous and Exotic. Suppl. 3.
Owen’s Steam Book and Job Printing Office, Reading, Pennsylvania, pp.13–38.

Sugiyama, H.,1994 : New Butterflies from Western China (II)
Pallarge 3:1-12.

Huang, H.,1995 : A new subspecies of Dabasa hercules (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) from Wuyi Mountains, China.
Bull. Amat. ent. Soc. 54:63–64.

Funahashi, A.,2003 : Description of a new subspecies of Menandrusa [sic] hercules Blanchard, 1871 from Hajang, N.Vietnam.
in Butterflies of Vietnam part.2., Descriptions of 19 New subspecies of Butterflies from Vietnam.
Wallace 8:4-5, pl.1.

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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