Papilio xuthus xuthus Linnaeus, 1767
Asian Swallowtail アゲハチョウ

Distribution (分布)

Eastern China, North Korea, South Korea, Eastern Russia, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam and Hawaii (introduced).

Foodplants (食草)

Citrus

Synonymy (シノニム)

Papilio xuthus Linnaeus, 1767; Syst. Nat. (Edn. 12) 1(2): 751, no. 34; corrigenda.

Original Combination: P[apilio]. E[ques]. A[chivus]. Xanthus
This name was emended to xuthus in the index; xanthus is an incorrect original spelling. I.C.Z.N. Opinion 286 placed xuthus on the Official List of Names Available in Zoology as name no. 117 and xanthus on the Official List of Rejected and Unavailable Names in Zoology as name no. 69.

Type Locality: “India orientalis”; suggested to be “Canton” by Honey and Scoble (2001), Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 132(3): 392. [China]

Types: Lectotype in LSUK, designated by Honey and Scoble (2001), Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 132(3): 392, fig. 20 ♂ D.

  • xuthulus Bremer, 1861 Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Petersbourg (3)3: cols. 463-464
  • xuthulinus Murray, 1874 Entomol. Mon. Mag. 11(126): 166.

Bibliography (文献)

Palham, Jonathan P., 2008. A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada

 

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