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Sericinus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Sericinus
Westwood, 1851
Species:
S. montela
Binomial name
Sericinus montela
Gray, 1852
Synonyms [1]
  • Papilio telamon Donovan, 1798
  • Sericinus fortunei Gray, 1852
  • Sericinus telamon subsp. absurdus Bryk, 1913
  • Sericinus telamon subsp. eisneri Bryk, 1932
  • Sericinus telamon subsp. elegans Bryk, 1913
  • Sericinus telamon f. strandi Bryk, 1913
  • Sericinus telamon subsp. hoenei Bryk, 1932
  • Sericinus telamon subsp. hunanensis Hering, 1935
  • Sericinus telamon subsp. kansuensis Eisner, 1962
  • Sericinus telamon subsp. leechi Rothschild, 1918
  • Sericinus telamon subsp. magnus Fruhstorfer, 1913
  • Sericinus telamon subsp. roseni Bryk, 1932
  • Sericinus telamon subsp. rudolphi Bryk, 1932
  • Sericinus telamon subsp. shantungensis Hering, 1935
  • Sericinus telamon subsp. telmonula Bryk, 1932
  • Sericinus telamon var. amurensis Staudinger, 1892
  • Sericinus telamon var. fixseni Staudinger, 1892
  • Sericinus telamon var. koreana Fixsen, 1887
  • Sericinus telamon var. telemachus Staudinger, 1892
  • Sericinus telmona Gray, 1852

Sericinus is a genus of swallowtail butterflies placed in the subfamily Parnassiinae. The genus has a complex history and a multiplicity of names have been applied to its single species.

Sericinus montela, the dragon swallowtail, is the only species, making the genus monotypic. It is found in the Russian Far East, Korea, China and Japan. [1]

Taxonomy

See Notes below for abbreviations used

Sericinus Westwood, 1851 (Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. NS I: 173), monobasic telamon Donovan (Sericinus Wood, 1877: Suicinus Draesecke, 1923) montela Gray, 1853.

    • Form telemachus Staudinger, 1892 gen. vern.
    • Form amurensis Staudingers gen. vest.
    • Form minusculus Eisner, 1962
  • Subspecies eisneri Bryk 1932 North East Korea (probably amurensis) gen. vern. not described.
    • Form eisneri Bryk gen. aest.
    • Form binaria Eisner, 1962
    • Form unaria Eisner, 1962 !
  • Subspecies koreana Fixsen, 1887 (melanogramma Bryk, 1846) Korea
    • Form fixseni Staudinger, 1892 gen. vern.
    • Form koreanus Fix. gen. aest.
    • Form grayi Fixsen, 1887
    • Form grundi Eisner, 1962
    • Form binaria Eisner, 1962
    • Form strandi Bryk 1913
    • Form flavomaculata Eisner, 1962
    • Form minusculus Eisner, 1962
    • Form magna Eisner
    • Form rubrocatenata Eisner
    • Form posteriorsubmarginalisinterrupta (!) Eisner, 1974
  • Subspecies montela Gray, 1852 (telamon Donovan, 1798: hoenei Hering), (Central and North China - Beijing, Nanjing, Zhenjiang, Shanghai)
    • Form strandi Bryk, 1913
    • Form telmona Gray 1852 gen. vern. (hoenei Bryk, 1932)
    • Form telmononula Bryk
    • Form ruth Eisner, 1962
    • Form montela Gray, 1852 gen. aest.
    • Form cellopura Eisner, 1954
    • Form cellopurissima Eisner, 1954
    • Form elegantissima Eisner, 1954
    • Form flavomaculata Eisner, 1954
    • Form miniuscula Eisner, 1962
    • Form binaria Eisner, 1962
    • Form nigricans Eisner, 1962
    • Form eva Bryk and Eisner, 1935
    • Form absurdus Bryk, 1913 (West China, South Shandong, Lau shan[ clarification needed], Tianjin)
  • Subspecies elegans Bryk, 1913 (leechi Rothschild, 1918) (West China)
    • Form telmona Gray gen. vern.
    • Form elegans Bryk gen. aest.
    • Form strandi Bryk, 1913
    • Form leechi Rothschild, 1918
    • Form cressoni Reakirt
  • Subspecies anderssoni Bryk, 1941 (Central China: Hubei anderssoni Bryk, gen. aest.
  • Subspecies magnus Fruhstorfer, 1913 (South China: Jiangxi, Liujiang
  • Subspecies kansuensis Eisner, 1962 (China: Gansu (i.e., Kansu), Qinling, Sichuan)
  • Subspecies shantungensis Hering, 1935 (China: Shandong (i.e., Shantung))
    • Form cellopurissima Eisner, 1954
    • Form binaria Eisner, 1962
    • Form rubrocatenata Eisner, 1962
    • Form quadripicta Eisner, 1962
    • Form elegantissima Eisner, 1954

Notes

  • monobasic = founded containing a single species, same as " monotypic" if no more species are added
  • gen. vern. = vernalis, genetically determined spring generation
  • gen. aest. = aestivus, genetically determined summer generation
  • gen. vest. = genetically determined vestigial form
  • (!) = nomen collectivum, a nomenclatural/descriptive term incorrectly used by Curt Eisner in a taxonomic sense (infrasubspecific)
  • i.l. = in litteris, correspondence, not published

References

  1. ^ a b "Sericinus montela". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  • Bryk, F. (1913) Neue Parnassiiden-Formen aus dem Zoologischen Museum zu Berlin.Archiv für Naturgeschichte (A) 79 (3): 1-3; pl. 1 [partim].
  • Bryk, F. (1932) Neue Zerynthiinae Parnassiana 2 (6-8): 102-104.
  • Donovan, E. (1798) An Epitome of the natural History of the Insects of China.E. Donovan, London.
  • Eisner, C. 1954 (Parnassiana nova): III. Einige neue Formen in der Familie der Parnassiidae Zoologische Mededelingen 33 (8): 55-57
  • Eisner, C. (1962) Parnassiana nova XXXII. Nachträgliche Betrachtungen zu der Revision der Subfamilie Parnassiinae (Fortsetzung 5).Zoologische Mededelingen 38 (7): 105-128.
  • Fixsen, C. (1887) Lepidoptera aus Korea .Mémoires sur les Lépidoptères 3: 233-356, pls 13-15, 1 map
  • Gray, G. R. (1852) On the Species of the Genus Sericinus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1852: 70-73
  • Hering, M. (1935) Neue Unterarten von Sericinus telamon (Donov.) Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift 29 (17): 193-195
  • von Rosen, K. (1929). Papilio. In (A. Seitz ed.) The Macrolepidoptera of the World. The Palearctic Butterflies. Alfred Kernen. Stuttgart. Suppl. 1 : 7-20.
  • Rothschild, [W.] (1918) Catalogue of Zerynthiinae and allied genera in the Tring Museum, with critical notes., Novitates Zoologicae 25: 64-75.
  • Staudinger, O. (1892) Die Macrolepidopteren des Amurgebietes. I. Theil. Rhopalocera, Sphinges, Bombyces, Sphinges Mémoires sur les Lépidoptères 6: 83-658
  • Ackery, P.R., 1975. A guide to the genera and species of Parnassiinae (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 31: 71-105, plates 1-15. pdf

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