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| Graphium septentrionicolus Page & Treadaway, 2013 in Cotton, Doleck, Zhang, ... et Hu, 2022. |
Abstract
After molecular and morphological analyses, the taxon septentrionicolus Page & Treadaway, 2013 is shown to be a distinct species, and Graphium adonarensis (Rothschild, 1896) is placed as conspecific with Graphium sarpedon (Linnaeus, 1758). Graphium huangshanensis Wu & Ma, 2016 syn. nov. is synonymised with G. septentrionicolus.
Key words: adonarensis, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, sarpedon complex, Sunda Islands, Vietnam
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| Specimens of Graphium septentrionicolus. A (dsf.) and B (wsf.): Metok, S. Tibet, China; C: Yingjiang, western Yunnan, China (dsf.); D: Fugong, northwestern Yunnan, China (wsf.); E: northern Sagaing, Myanmar (dsf.); F: northern Kachin State, Myanmar (wsf.); G: Sam Neua, northeastern Laos (dsf.); H: Ha Giang, northern Vietnam (wsf.) (above upperside; below under-side; dsf. = dry season form, wsf. = wet season form). Scale bar = 10 mm. |
Adam M. Cotton, Tenzing Doleck, Xin Zhang, Yutaka Inayoshi, David J. Lohman and Shao-ji Hu. 2022. Graphium septentrionicolus Page & Treadaway, 2013 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) is a distinct species. Zootaxa. 5154(2); 211-224. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5154.2.6
