Papilio polytes

Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Papilionidae
Subfamilia: Papilioninae
Tribus: Papilionini
Genus: Papilio
Subgenus: Menelaides
Species: Papilio polytes
Subspecies:
P. p. latreilloides –
P. p. ledebouria –
P. p. mandane –
P. p. nicanor –
P. p. nikobarus –
P. p. pasikrates –
P. p. polytes –
P. p. romulus –
P. p. rubidimacula –
P. p. sakiboso –
P. p. steffi –
P. p. stichioides –
P. p. stichius
See also possible synonym:
P. p. flavolineatus –
See below for possible alternative placement of:
P. p. kurokawai –
P. p. messius –
P. p. tucanus –
P. p. vigellius
Unaccepted names:
P. p. liujidongi
Else see Papilio theseus for former Papilio polytes theseus, including:
P. t. alcindor –
P. t. javanus –
P. t. sotira –
P. t. theseus –
P. t. timorensis
Note: by phylogeograhy (after Deshmukh et al., 2025), would also include:
P. p. kurokawai –
P. p. messius –
P. p. tucanus –
P. p. vigellius
Name
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Papilionidae
Subfamilia: Papilioninae
Tribus: Papilionini
Genus: Papilio
Subgenus: Menelaides
Species: Papilio polytes
Linnaeus, 1758.
Type locality: China.
Typus: Holotype, BMNH
Synonymy
[edit]- [Papilio polytes]] Linnaeus, 1758: 460 ♀.
- Papilio pammon Linnaeus, 1758: 460 ♂. Image.
- Papilio obscuras Chou , Yuan & Wang, 2000 abbreviation
- Papilio flavolineatus Chou , Yuan & Wang, 2000 abbreviation
- Papilio polytes liujidongi Huang, 2003 Type locality: Gongshan, West Yunnan
- Papillo polytes borealis C. and F. Felder, 1862 individual variation of polytes
- Papillo polytes thibetanus Oberthur, 1895
- Type locality: China (Estern China)
- Typus: ?
- Type locality: China (Estern China)
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Condamine, F.L., Allio. R, Reboud, E.L et al. 2023. A comprehensive phylogeny and revised taxonomy illuminate the origin and diversification of the global radiation of Papilio (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 183: 107758 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107758
Reference page. - Deshmukh, R., Baral, S., Kuwalekar, M., Kizhakke, A.G. & Kunte, K. 2025. Reproductive barriers and genomic hotspots of adaptation during allopatric species divergence. Molecular Ecology 0:e17703 [Online early]. DOI: 10.1111/mec.17703
Reference page. - 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. Reference page.
- Condamine, F.L., Allio. R, Reboud, E.L et al. 2023. A comprehensive phylogeny and revised taxonomy illuminate the origin and diversification of the global radiation of Papilio (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 183: 107758 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107758
Reference page. - Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.
- Nakane, M., 2011. Papilio polytes kurokawai ssp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) from Batuatas Island, Southern Celebes, Indonesia. Butterflies (Teinopalpus) 59: 4–7.
- Yoshino, K., 2018. Description of two New subspecies of Papillo polytes from Southwest China and a new subspecies of Delias acalis from Hainan Island, South China. Butterfly Science 12: 69-75.
Additional references
[edit]- Joshi, S. & Kunte, K. "2022" (Unpublished). Polytypy and Systematics: Diversification of Papilio Swallowtail Butterflies in the Biogeographically Complex Indo-Australian Region. bioRxiv, 2022.03.23.485569. DOI: 10.1101/2022.03.23.485569. ResearchGate Reference page. [Unpublished preprint]
Vernacular names
[edit]- অসমীয়া: সাধাৰণ মৰমন
- বাংলা: কালিম
- English: Common Mormon
- magyar: Közönséges mormon pillangó
- 日本語: シロオビアゲハ
- தமிழ்: கறிவேப்பிலை அழகி
- Tiếng Việt: Bướm phượng đen
- 中文: 玉帶鳳蝶
- see also Savela Funet