Papilio polytes polytes Linnaeus, 1758

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 : 47

74d. Papilio polytes polytes Linnaeus, 1758

Papilio pammon Linnaeus, 1758 ; Systema Naturae (Ed. 10), 1: 460; TL: ‘Asia’ [Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China].

Papilio pammon var. borealis C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862 ; Wien. ent. Monatschr., 6 (1): 22; TL: ‘Ning-po’ [Ningbo, Zhejiang, E. China].

P. [apilio] polytes borealis ♀ -f. mandane Rothschild, 1895; Novit. zool., 2 (3): 348; TL: ‘ Western China … Loo Choo Islands’. [IFS]

Papilio richardi Fernández, 1912 ; Boln. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. nat., 12 (5): 302, f. 1; TL ‘Ya-lan, Hu-nan setentrional’ [Yalan, Hunan, China].

P. [apilio] polytes v. porealis Draeseke, 1923 ; Dt. ent. Z. Iris , 37 (3/4): 58. [ISS]

Papilio polytes flavolineatus Chou, Yuan & Wang, 2000 ; Entomotaxonomia, 22 (4): 267, f. 9–10; TL: ‘Nantong, Jiangsu’ [Nantong, Jiangsu, China].

Papilio obscurus Chou, Yuan & Wang, 2000 ; Entomotaxonomia, 22 (4): 267, 273, f. 11–12; TL: ‘Lushan, Sichuan’ [Lushan, Sichuan, China]. Here chosen as the available name under the ICZN Code First Reviser Principle. Papilio obscuras Chou, Yuan & Wang, 2000 ; Entomotaxonomia, 22 (4): 273. Here chosen as an incorrect original spelling under the ICZN Code First Reviser Principle. [IOS]

[ Papilio polytes ] poltytes Yoshino, 2018; Butterfly Science, (12): 70. [ISS]

Papilio polytes sakiboso Yoshino, 2018 ; Butterfly Science, (12): 74, f. 5–8; TL: ‘Ximen County 1,500 m, Mt. Kongashan, West Sichuan, China’ [SE slope Mt. Gonggashan , West Sichuan, China] syn. nov.

Papilio polytes boreales Yoshino, 2018 ; Butterfly Science, (12): 74. [ISS]

Distribution: confined to the lowlands in N.E. Yunnan; also found in C., S., to E. China.

Note: Yoshino (2018) described Papilio polytes sakiboso from the S.E. slope of Mt. Gonggashan, W. Sichuan, but these specimens are identical to nominate Papilio polytes which occurs widely around the eastern side of the mountain and the name is synonymised here (syn. nov.).