Papilio clito Fabricius, 1787

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian & Grishin, Nick V., 2023, Supplementary Materials and Appendix, Insecta Mundi 2023 (26), pp. 1-115 : 20

Papilio clito Fabricius, 1787 is a junior subjective synonym of Milanion hemes hemes (Cramer, 1777)

Genomic sequencing of the lectotype of Papilio clito Fabricius, 1787 (type locality in French Guiana), currently a valid species in the genus Milanion Godman and Salvin, 1895 (type species Papilio hemes Cramer, 1777 ), reveals that it is conspecific with specimens we identified as Milanion hemes hemes (Cramer, 1777) (type locality in Suriname), including a specimen from Suriname ( Fig. 2). Therefore, we propose that Papilio clito Fabricius, 1787 is a new junior subjective synonym of Milanion hemes hemes (Cramer, 1777) .