Papilio verityi Fruhstorfer, 1907

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 : 38-39

60. Papilio verityi Fruhstorfer, 1907 stat. nov.

Pap. [ilio] machaon verityi Fruhstorfer, 1907 ; Ent. Z., 20 (41): 301; ‘Mannao, Yunnan’ [Manhao, S. Yunnan, China].

Pap. [ilio] machaon forma archias Fruhstorfer, 1907 ; Ent. Z., 20 (41): 301; TL: ‘Fou-Lin, Tibet’ [Hanyuan, Sichuan, China]; [JH of Papilio archias Cramer, 1777 ( Lycaenidae )—see Nomenclatural Notes section 2.4 above].

Papilio machaon birmanicus Rothschild, 1908 ; Novit. zool., 15 (1): 168; TL: ‘ Shan State and Burma’ [E. Myanmar].

Papilio machaon suroia Tytler, 1939 ; J. Bomb. nat. Hist. Soc., 41 (2): 239; TL: ‘Suroi, Manipur’ [N.E. India].

Papilio machaon taliensis Eller, 1939 ; Verh. Int. Kongr. ent., 7 (1): 85. [NN]

Papilio machaon suroius Eller, 1939 ; Verh. Int. Kongr. ent., 7 (1): 85. [UE]

Papilio machaon taliens Eller, 1939 ; Verh. Int. Kongr. ent., 7 (1): 98. [NN]

P. [apilio] machaon tschekulensis Eller, 1939; Verh. Int. Kongr. ent., 7 (1): 85. [NN]

Papilio machaon suroiae Seyer, 1976 ; Mitt. ent. Ges. Basel (N. F.), 26 (4): 123. [UE]

Distribution: widely distributed in most parts of Yunnan, except for the subalpine mountains in N.W. Yunnan and the lowlands in N.E. Yunnan; also found in Manipur, Myanmar and N. Vietnam.

Note: See explanation under Papilio everesti Riley, 1927 above. Papilio verityi Fruhstorfer, 1907 is regarded as monobasic.