58. Papilio xuthus Linnaeus, 1767 Papilio xuthus Linnaeus, 1767; Systema Naturae (Ed. 12), 1 (2): 751 corrigenda; TL: ‘ India orientali’ [Guangdong, China]. Papilio ajax Linnaeus, 1758; Systema Naturae (Ed. 10), 1: 462; TL: ‘America boreali’ [loc. err.]; [name suppressed for the purposes of the Principle of Priority, ICZN Opinion 286]. Papilio xanthus Linnaeus, 1767; Systema Naturae (Ed. 12), 1 (2): 751; [name rejected for nomenclatural purposes, ICZN Opinion 286]. [IOS] Papilio xathus Fabricius, 1787; Mantissa Ins., 2: 10. [ISS] Papilio xuthulus Bremer, 1861; Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersb., 3 (7): 463; TL: ‘Bureja-Gebirge’ [Bureinsky Ridge, Russia (Far East)]. P.[apilio] xuthulinus Murray, 1874; Ent. Month. Mag., 11 (127): 166; TL: ‘ Yokohama’ [Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan]. [NN] Papilio xuthus ab. chinensis Neuburger, 1900; Illte. Z. ent., 5 (11): 168; TL: ‘ China (Env. de Changai)’ [near Shanghai, China]. [IFS] Papilio xanthus koxinga Fruhstorfer, 1908; Ent. Z., 22 (11): 46; TL: ‘Formosa’ [Taiwan, China]. Papilio xanthus neoxuthus Fruhstorfer, 1908; Ent. Z., 22 (11): 46; TL: ‘Ta-Tsien-lu’ [Kangding, W. Sichuan, China]. Papilio xanthus neoxanthus Fruhstorfer, 1908; Ent. Z., 22 (11): 47. [IOS] Papilio xanthus neoxanthus forma xuthina Fruhstorfer, 1908; Ent. Z., 22 (11): 47; TL: ‘Siao-Lou’ [Washan, Sichuan, China]. [IFS] P. [apilio] xuthus ab. pseudozancleus Stetter-Stättermayer, 1924; Ent. Anz., 4 (15): 133; TL: ‘ Peking’ [Beijing, China]. [IFS] P. [apilio] xuthus ab. depuncta Stetter-Stättermayer, 1924; Ent. Anz., 4 (15): 133; TL: ‘Ussuri; Omisien (Szetschwan); Jokohama’ [Ussuri, FE. Russia; Emeishan, Sichuan, China; Yokohama, Japan]. [IFS] P. [apilio] xuthus aber. feminisimilis Mell, 1938; Dt. ent. Z., 1938 (2): 306; TL: ‘Fumui (s ü dlich von Waichow am Unterlauf des Tung-Flusses)’ [south of Huizhou at the lower reaches of the Donghe River, Guangdong, China]. [IFS] P. [apilio] xuthus f. ochrea Mell, 1938; Dt. ent. Z., 1938 (2): 306; TL: ‘ Westyunnan (Tali, Chaochow)’ [Dali and Fengyi (9 km E. of Dali township), W. Yunnan, China]. [IFS] Papilio xuthus koxinga ab. umbriferus Murayama & Shimonoya, 1966; Tyô to Ga, 16 (3/4): 58, f. 5; TL: ‘Kuraru’ [Sheding, Pingtung, S. Taiwan, China]. [IFS] Distribution: widely distributed throughout Yunnan, except for the high mountains in the N.W. corner; also found in East Asia, N.E. Myanmar and N. Vietnam.

Published as part of 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, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 5362 (1) on page 34, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5362.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10149411