Ixias pyrene, LINNAEUS OF CRAMER, 1777

Chainey, John E., 2005, The species of Papilionidae and Pieridae (Lepidoptera) described by Cramer and Stoll and their putative type material in the Natural History Museum in London, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 145 (3), pp. 283-337 : 330

PYRENE LINNAEUS OF CRAMER, 1777

Pap[ilio] Dan[aus] Cand[idus] pyrene, Cramer, 1777: 41 , 150, pl.125, figs A, B, C [original plates 88A, A and pl. 89, fig. B]. ‘Je lai reçu tous les deux de la Chine’; ‘trouve aussi à la Côte de Coromandel, à Tranquebar’ [I received both of these from China; also found at Tranquebar on the south-eastern coast of India].

Papilio Danaus Candidus pyrene, Stoll, 1782b: 5 [No. 3].

Material examined. 1 ♂, with van Lennep label ‘ No. 3 PYRENE Cr. II. 125. A. B. C. ’ ( BMNH (E)#665063)

resembles original plate 89, fig. B; there is a little thoracic damage but no clear sign that the pin has been replaced.

Identity. Ixias pyrene (Linnaeus, 1764) .