Zerynthia cerisyi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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: Parnassiinae
Tribus: Luehdorfiini
Genus: Zerynthia
Subgenus: Zerynthia (Allancastria)
Species: Zerynthia cerisyi
Subspecies: Z. c. abanti – Z. c. cerisyi – Z. c. dalmacijae – Z. c. ferdinandi – Z. c. huberi – Z. c. mihljevici – Z. c. speciosa

Name

Zerynthia (Allancastria) cerisyi (Godart, 1823) [Caution: See below on the historical disagreement for both the spelling of the species epithet, and the publication source/date for availability]

Type locality: Turkey, Izmir, Urla "Ourlac"

Typus:

Synonyms

Thais cerisyi Godart, 1823 ["1822"]: 234, Pl. 20, f. 3-4; See also e.g. Fruhstorfer, 1906: 160; Seitz, [1906]: 17; Rothschild, 1918: 71 (Else see e.g. Bryk, 1934; Bernardi, 1970; Eisner & Wagener, 1974; Eisner, 1974; Olivier, 1991, not linked here)

(Note: in Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris, the relevant plates may not exist. See arguments in Cowan 1969 that this "Volume 2, of 1823" is unpublished, restated in Cowan 1970 as "was never published. Only a proof copy is known, which contains no plates..." (p.17). As of 2026, an online BHL-copy includes introductory notes stating it was obtained for the NHMUK in 1969 from archives of the MNHN, plus ink stamps from both institutes. This may be viewed as a photocopy of the claimed "proof copy". According to Taymans & Cuvelier, 2025(a/b), a comment in Koçak, 1981 confirms that author [and Dr. G. Bernardi] had together viewed a copy in MNHN, inline with the above. However as also noted by Taymans & Cuvelier, 2025(a/b), an(other) online copy attributed to the Bibliothèque nationale de France is also available (as of 2026), but instead ink stamped as Bibliothèque Royale, plus cover page. Therefore, the work appears to fit the criteria for a published work according to ICZN article 8.1, including amendment 8.1.3.1 (i.e. originally - numerous identical and durable copies) and consequently nomenclatural availability.

Thais cerisy Godart, 1824: 9(2): 812

(Note: in Enc. Méth., where t.9(pt.2) is arguably dated 1819 per cover date of the whole Tome (i.e. "MDCCCXIX"). Yet importantly, see Evenhuis, 2003: 36, Appendix III, where corresponding Livraison 95 is dated as "17 July 1824". This later date is consistent with the existence of a citation to the (prior) work Mem. Soc. L. (i.e. Godart 1823 ["1822"]) is stated in Godart, [1824] indicating priority. See also the ordering and variant dates given in Stichel, 1907: 8).

Thais cerisyii [sic] Ruhl & Heyne, 1892 (cited in Stichel, 1907); Seitz, [190?]: S17, contra his other spelling in Seitz, [1906]: 17). (Unavailable subsequent spelling)
Papilio cerisyi (Godart, 1823); Hubner, [1818-1827] (cited as Samm. Europ. Schm. in Stichel, 1907)
Parnalius cerisy (Godart, 1824); Ackery, 1975: 91, pl.10, f. 79-80
Allancastria cerisyi (Godart, 1823); Bryk, 1934: 63 (cited in Ackery, 1975); Taymans & Cuvelier, 2024; Taymans & Cuvelier, 2025(a/b)
Allancastria cerisy (Godart, 1824); Cowan, 1970: 17,41 (cited in Ackery, 1975)
Zerynthia cerisyi (Godart, 1823); Stichel, 1907: 8, Taf.1, fig.8.
Zerynthia cerisy (Godart, 1824); Wiemers et al., 2018: 17 [European Checklist]

Else, see:

Thais cerisyi martini Fruhstorfer, 1906: 147; Fruhstorfer, 1906: 148 [Heteronym] (Junior synonym where?)

References

Primary references

Godart, J.B. 1823 ["1822"]. Description de quelques espèces nouvelles de lepidopteres diurnes. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Paris 2: 226–243. BHL Reference page.
Godart, J.B. 1819–1824. In Latreille & Godart, Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes 9 (article Papillons) (1): 1–328 BHL; (2): 329–828 BHL, Paris. Reference page.

Additional references

Ackery, P.R. 1975. A guide to the genera and species of Parnassiinae (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 31(1): 71–105. BHL Reference page.
Bryk, F. et al. 1934. (Editors). Lfg. 64 Lepidoptera Baroniidae, Teinopalpidae, Parnassiidae pars 1. In: Das Tierriech. Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen. Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin & Leipzig. Paywall De Gruyter Brill Reference page.
Cowan, C.F. 1969. On the Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Paris, 1822-27. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 5(2): 152–154. LINK-PART DOI: 10.3366/jsbnh.1969.5.2.152Reference page.
Cowan, C.F., 1970. Annotationes Rhopalocerologicae. 70pp. Berkhamsted, England. Reference page.
Evenhuis, N.L. 2003. Dating and publication of the Encyclopédie Méthodique (1782–1832), with special reference to the parts of the Histoire Naturelle and details on the Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Zootaxa 166: 1–48. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.166.1.1 Reference page.
Fruhstorfer, H. 1906. Eine neue Thais von Rhodos. Societas entomologica 20(19): 147-148. BHL Reference page.
Fruhstorfer, H. 1906. Eine neue Thais von Rhodos und Nachträge zum Staudinger-Rebel'schen Catalog. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 19(4): 158-160. BHL Reference page.
Hübner, J. 1796–1838 (continued by Geyer, G.) Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge. 1 Papiliones: 194 + 8pp, 207 plates, Augsburg. BHL text, plates Reference page.
Koçak, A.Ö. 1975b. New Lepidoptera from Turkey - I. Atalanta 6(1): 24-30. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Koçak, A.Ö. 1981. Critical Checklist of European Papilionoidea. Priamus 1(2): 46–90. Reference page.
Rothschild, L.W. 1918. Catalogue of the Parnassiidae in the Tring Museum. Novitates Zoologicae 25: 218–262. Archive Reference page.
Seitz, A. 1906–1927. Die Palaearktischen Tagfalter. Die Grossschmetterlinge der Erde 1: 8–379, Text Plates Reference page.
Taymans M. & Cuvelier S. 2024. Une check-list dynamique des papillons du paléarctique occidental, avec des liens menant aux descriptions originales des espèces, genres et familles (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea). [= A dynamic checklist of the Western Palearctic butterflies, hyperlinked to the original descriptions at species, genus and family level (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea)]. Lepidoptères - Revue des Lépidoptéristes de France 33(84): 18–21. LINK
Taymans M. & Cuvelier S. 2025. Toward a revised checklist of the Western Palearctic butterflies, hyperlinked to the original descriptions at species, genus and family level (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea). Part 1: Rationale and framework of the Papilionidae. Online: 24.i.2025. Zenodo
Taymans M. & Cuvelier S. 2025. A dynamic checklist of the Western Palearctic butterflies hyperlinked to the original descriptions at species, genus and family level (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea). Archives of Western Palearctic Lepidoptera, Open Source Research on Western Palearctic Lepidoptera. [=AWPL] 2025(1): 1-70. Zenodo
Wiemers, M., Balletto, E., Dincă, V., Fric, Z.F., Lamas, G., Lukhtanov, V.A., Munguira, M.L., van Swaay, C.A.M., Vila, R., Vliegenthart, A., Wahlberg, N. & Verovnik, R. 2018. An updated checklist of the European Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea). Zookeys, 811: 9–45. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.811.28712 Reference page.

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