Papilio agenor agenor 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 : 50-51

79a. Papilio agenor agenor Linnaeus, 1758

Papilio androgeos Cramer, 1776 ; Uitl. Kapellen, 1 (8): 142, pl. 91, f. A–B; TL: ‘China’.

Papilio alcanor Cramer, 1777 ; Uitl. Kapellen, 2 (14): 107, pl. 166, f. A; TL: ‘China’.

Papilio androgeus Stoll, 1782 ; in Stoll, C. (ed.), Uitl. Kapellen 4 (Essai): 2. [ISS]

Iliades mestor Ḩbner, [1819]; Verz. Bek. Schmett., (6): 89; TL: ‘China’.

Papilio esperi Butler, 1877 ; J. linn. Soc. Lond. (Zool.), 13 (68): 197; TL: ‘Malacca’. [NN]

Papilio esperi Butler, 1879 ; Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Zool.), 1 (8): 553, pl. 68, f. 7; TL: ‘ Malacca, Penang’ [W. Malaysia].

Papilio phoenix Distant, 1885 ; Rhop. Malay.: 340, pl. 27b, f. 7; TL: ‘Malay Peninsula; Province Wellesley’ [Seberang Perai, Penang State, Malaysia].

Papilio cilix Distant, 1885 ; Rhop. Malay.: 340, pl. 29, f. 4, 5; TL: ‘Malay Peninsula; Malacca’; [JH of Papilio cilix Godman & Salvin, 1879 ( Papilionidae )].

P. [apilio] androgeos var. depelchini Robbe, 1892 ;Annls. Soc. ent. Belg., 36 (3): 125; TL: ‘Kurseong’ [Dajeeling, N.E. India].

P. [apilio] memnon agenor ♂ -ab. primigenius Rothschild, 1895; Novit. zool., 2 (3): 319; TL: ‘Khasia Hills’ [Meghalaya, N. E. India]. [ IFS]

P. [apilio] memnon agenor ♀ -ab. butlerianus Rothschild, 1895; Novit. zool., 2 (3): 320; TL: ‘[not stated]’. [ IFS]

P. [apilio] memnon agenor ♀ -ab. distantianus Rothschild, 1895; Novit. zool., 2 (3): 320; TL: ‘[not stated]’. [IFS]

Iliades polymnestoroides Moore, 1902 ; Lepid. Ind., 5 (58): 202, pl. 451, f. 1–2; TL: ‘Jaintia Hills, Assam … Barrackpur Park, near Calcutta’ [N.E. India].

P. [apilio] memnon agenor ♀ ab. vinius Fruhstorfer, 1903; Dt. ent. Z. Iris , 15 (2): 307; [Replacement name for cilix Distant, 1885 ]. [IFS]

P. [apilio] memnon agenor ♀ -f. rhetenorina Jordan, 1909; in Seitz , Gross-Schmett. Erde, 9 (33): 73; TL : ‘North India’. [IFS]

Papilio memnon agenor ♀ form phoeniciana Strand, 1916; Lepidoptera Niepeltana , (2): 25, pl. 13, f. 8; TL: ‘Sikkim’ [N. E. India]. [IFS]

Papilio memnon L. ab ♀, aphrodite R̂ber, 1927; Int. ent. Z., 21 (13): 97 TL: ‘ Naga-Bergen (Assam)’ [Naga Hills, Nagaland, N. E. India]. [ IFS]

Papilio memnon ♀ f. bootesina Talbot, 1932; Bull. Hill Mus. Witley, 4 (3): 156. TL: ‘Unknown’.

Papilio Memnon-Agenor ♀ alcanor f. ind. ensifer Rousseau-Decelle, 1933; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr., 37 (20): 301; TL: ‘Khasia Hills, Assam’ [Meghalaya, N. E. India]. [ IFS]

Papilio memnon aurantiaca Rousseau-Decelle, 1933 ; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr., 38 (17): 273; TL: ‘ne porte pas de localité d’origine’ [without locality of origin].

P. [apilio] memnon agenor ab. pohli Dufrane, 1946; Bull. Annls Soc. r. ent . Belg., 82 (5/6): 116. TL: ‘de l’Inde, sans localité précise’ [ India, without precise locality]. [IFS]

Papilio memnon agenor f. indiv. ♂ coeruleocinctus Rousseau-Decelle 1947; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr., 51 (9): 130; TL: ‘Khasia Hills, Assam’ [Meghalaya, N. E. India]. [ IFS]

Papilio memnon agenor ♀ -f. tanahsahi Eliot, 1982; Malay nat. J., 35 (1/2): 179; TL: ‘ Peninsular Malaysia , Perak, Gopeng, Ulu Groh 800 ft’. [IFS]

Papilio memnon agenor ♂ f. syedzahiruddini Tung, 1982; Tokurana, 4: 59, pl. 9, f. 1–2; TL: ‘ Perak: Cameron Highlands 17th mile’ [W. Malaysia]. [IFS]

Papilio angustus Chou, Yuan & Wang, 2000 ; Entomotaxonomia, 22 (4): 267, 273, f. 5–6; TL: ‘Fujian’ [incomplete collecting data, Fujian, China].

Papilio memnon f. yunnanensis Chou, Yuan & Wang, 2000; Entomotaxonomia, 22 (4): 267, 273, f. 7–8; TL: ‘ Yunnan’ [incomplete collecting data, Yunnan, China]. [ IFS]

Papilio memnon f. rhenorina Chou, Yuan & Wang, 2000; Entomotaxonomia, 22 (4): 267, 273. [ISS]

Distribution: found in most parts of Yunnan at elevations below 2,500 m, more common in the tropical areas; widely distributed in W., C., S., and E. China, as well as N. India, Myanmar, Indochina to the Malay Peninsula.

Note: Condamine et al. (2023) confirmed Papilio agenor in mainland Asia as a distinct species from P. memnon in Sundaland.