Papilio maackii, Menetries, 1858

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 : 43

68a. Papilio maackii han Yoshino, 1997

Achillides maackii han Yoshino, 1997; Neo Lepidoptera , 2 (2): 2, pl. 1, f. 5–10, 54; TL: ‘Mt. Wuyishan, Fujiang prov., China’ [Wuyi Shan, Fujian, E. China].

Papilio maackii shimogorii Fujioka, 1997 ; in Fujioka et al., Jap. Butts Relativ. World, 1: 293; TL: ‘Mt.

Omeishan, Sichuan, China’.

Distribution: only found in the lowlands of N.E. Yunnan; but widely distributed in C. to E. China.

Note: the species identities of P. syfanius and P. maackii had previously been disputed, until a recent genomic study confirmed they are two distinct species with a natural genetic exchange zone ( Xiong et al. 2022). Condamine et al. (2023) confirmed this finding under a broader sampling background including over 80% of the world’s Papilio species.

Subgenus Princeps Hübner, [1807]

Princeps Ḩbner, [1807]; Samml. Exot. Schmett., 1: pl. [116]; TS: Papilio demodocus Esper, 1799 .

Orpheides Ḩbner, [1819]; Verz. Bekannt. Schmett., (6): 86; TS: Papilio demodocus Esper, 1799 . [JOS] Opheides Swinhoe, 1885; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1885 (1): 145. [ISS]

Ophiedes Swinhoe, 1887; J. Bomb. nat. Hist. Soc., 2 (4): 279. [ISS]