Papilio xuthus Linnaeus, 1767

Hu, Shao-Ji, Cotton, Adam M., Lamas, Gerardo, Duan, Kuang & Zhang, Xin, 2023, Checklist of Yunnan Papilionidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) with nomenclatural notes and descriptions of new subspecies, Zootaxa 5362 (1), pp. 1-69 : 34

58. Papilio xuthus Linnaeus, 1767

Papilio xuthus Linnaeus, 1767 ; Systema Naturae (Ed. 12), 1 (2): 751 corrigenda; TL: ‘ India orientali’ [Guangdong, China].

Papilio ajax Linnaeus, 1758 ; Systema Naturae (Ed. 10), 1: 462; TL: ‘America boreali’ [loc. err.]; [name suppressed for the purposes of the Principle of Priority, ICZN Opinion 286].

Papilio xanthus Linnaeus, 1767 ; Systema Naturae (Ed. 12), 1 (2): 751; [name rejected for nomenclatural purposes, ICZN Opinion 286]. [IOS]

Papilio xathus Fabricius, 1787 ; Mantissa Ins., 2: 10. [ISS]

Papilio xuthulus Bremer, 1861 ; Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersb., 3 (7): 463; TL: ‘Bureja-Gebirge’ [Bureinsky Ridge, Russia (Far East)].

P.[apilio] xuthulinus Murray, 1874; Ent. Month. Mag., 11 (127): 166; TL: ‘ Yokohama’ [Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan]. [ NN]

Papilio xuthus ab. chinensis Neuburger, 1900; Illte. Z. ent., 5 (11): 168; TL: ‘ China (Env. de Changai)’ [near Shanghai, China]. [ IFS]

Papilio xanthus koxinga Fruhstorfer, 1908 ; Ent. Z., 22 (11): 46; TL: ‘Formosa’ [ Taiwan, China].

Papilio xanthus neoxuthus Fruhstorfer, 1908 ; Ent. Z., 22 (11): 46; TL: ‘Ta-Tsien-lu’ [Kangding, W. Sichuan, China].

Papilio xanthus neoxanthus Fruhstorfer, 1908 ; Ent. Z., 22 (11): 47. [IOS]

Papilio xanthus neoxanthus forma xuthina Fruhstorfer, 1908; Ent. Z., 22 (11): 47; TL: ‘Siao-Lou’ [ Washan , Sichuan, China]. [ IFS]

P. [apilio] xuthus ab. pseudozancleus Stetter-Stättermayer , 1924; Ent. Anz., 4 (15): 133; TL: ‘ Peking’ [Beijing, China]. [ IFS]

P. [apilio] xuthus ab. depuncta Stetter-Stättermayer, 1924; Ent. Anz., 4 (15): 133; TL: ‘Ussuri; Omisien (Szetschwan); Jokohama’ [Ussuri, FE. Russia; Emeishan, Sichuan, China; Yokohama, Japan]. [IFS] P. [apilio] xuthus aber. feminisimilis Mell, 1938; Dt. ent. Z., 1938 (2): 306; TL: ‘Fumui (şdlich von Waichow am Unterlauf des Tung-Flusses)’ [south of Huizhou at the lower reaches of the Donghe River, Guangdong, China]. [IFS]

P. [apilio] xuthus f. ochrea Mell , 1938; Dt. ent. Z., 1938 (2): 306; TL: ‘ Westyunnan (Tali, Chaochow)’ [Dali and Fengyi (9 km E. of Dali township), W. Yunnan, China]. [ IFS]

Papilio xuthus koxinga ab. umbriferus Murayama & Shimonoya, 1966; Tyô to Ga, 16 (3/4): 58, f. 5; TL: ‘Kuraru’ [Sheding, Pingtung, S. Taiwan, China]. [IFS]

Distribution: widely distributed throughout Yunnan, except for the high mountains in the N.W. corner; also found in East Asia, N.E. Myanmar and N. Vietnam.