Papilio memnon pryeri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Papilionidae
Subfamilia: Papilioninae
Tribus: Papilionini
Genus: Papilio
Subgenus: Papilio (Menelaides)
Species: Papilio memnon
Subspecies: Papilio memnon pryeri

Name

Papilio memnon pryeri Rothschild, 1892.

Type locality: China, Loo Choo Islands.

Holotype: BMNH.

Synonymy

• Papilio memnon var. ♂, De Haan, 1840: Verh. Nat. Gesch. Ned. orerz. bez. 24, pl.3 fig. 1. "Japan" loc. error.
• Papilio memnon (Linnaeus), ♀; Pryer, 1886: pl. 2 fig. 1. "Japan".
• Papilio memnon (Linnaeus), ♂,♀; Leech, 1893: 545. Loo Choo Islands.
• Papilio memnon pryeri Rothschild, 1895: 321.

References

• Leech, J.H. 1892-1894. Butterflies from China, Japan and Corea 1. pp 1-297, 2. pp 297–681, Map, Plates. Reference page. 
• Pryer, H. J. S., 1886. Rhopalocera Nihonica: a description of the butterflies of Japan, Edn.1: 12 pp, 3 pls; Edn.2: xiii +35pp, 10pls. BHL1, Pls.1, BHL2, Pls.2. Yokohama. Reference page. 
• Rothschild, L.W. 1895. A Revision of the Papilios of the Eastern hemisphere, exclusive of Africa. Novitates Zoologicae 2(3): 167–463, pls 8–10. BHL Text, plates. Reference page.