Sericinus
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| Museum specimens of Sericinus, centre | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Subfamily: | Parnassiinae |
| Genus: | Sericinus Westwood, 1851 |
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Sericinus Westwood, 1851 is a genus of swallowtail butterflies placed in the subfamily Parnassiinae.The genus has a complex history and a multiplicity of names have been applied to its single species.
Taxonomy
Sericinus Westwood, 1851 (Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. NS I: 173), monobasic telamon Donovan ( Sericinus Wood, 1877: Suicinus Draesecke, 1923) montela Gray, 1853.
subspecies manchurica (Bang-Haas i.l.) van Rosen 1929 (North China: South Manchuria)
forms roseni Bryk, 1932 gen.vern.
manschuricus van Rosen gen. aest.
cellopura
posterior exsubcostalis (!) Eisner, 1974
binaria Bryk
minusculus Eisner, 1962
nigricans Eisner, 1962
minima Eisner, 1962
subspecies amurensis Staudinger, 1892 (East U.S.S.R. Amurland-Ussuri)
forms telemachus Staudinger, 1892 gen vern.
amurensis Staudingers gen. vest.
minusculus Eisner, 1962
subspecies eisneri Bryk 1932 North East Korea (probably amurensis) gen vern. not described.
forms eisneri Bryk gen aest.
binaria Eisner, 1962
unaria Eisner, 1962 !
subspecies koreana Fixsen, 1887 ( melanogramma Bryk, 1846) Korea
forms fixseni Staudinger, 1892 gen vern.
koreanus Fix. gen. aest.
grayi Fixsen, 1887
grundi Eisner, 1962
binaria Eisner, 1962
strandi Bryk 1913
flavomaculata Eisner, 1962
minusculus Eisner, 1962
magna Eisner
rubrocatenata Eisner
posteriorsubmarginalisinterrupta (!) Eisner, 1974
subspecies montela Gray, 1852 ( telamon Donovan, 1798: hoenei Hering), (Central and North China - Peking, Nanking, Chekiang, Shanghai)
forms strandi Bryk, 1913
telmona Gray 1852 gen. vern. ( hoenei Bryk, 1932)
telmononula Bryk
ruth Eisner, 1962
montela Gray, 1852 gen. aest.
cellopura Eisner, 1954
cellopurissima Eisner, 1954
elegantissima Eisner, 1954
flavomaculata Eisner, 1954
miniuscula Eisner, 1962
binaria Eisner, 1962
nigricans Eisner, 1962
eva Bryk and Eisner, 1935
absurdus Bryk, 1913 (West China, South Shantung, Lau shan, Tientsin)
subspecies elegans Bryk, 1913 (leechi Rothschild, 1918) (West China)
forms telmona Gray gen. vern.
elegans Bryk gen. aest.
strandi Bryk, 1913
leechi Rothchild, 1918
cressoni Reakirt
subspecies anderssoni Bryk, 1941 (Central China: Hupei anderssoni Bryk, gen. aest.
subspecies magnus Fruhstorfer, 1913 (South China : Kiangsi, Liu- kiang
subspecies kansuensis Eisner, 1962 (China: Kansu, Tsinglingshan, Szetchwan)
subspecies shantungensis Hering, 1935 (China: Shantung)
forms cellopurissima Eisner, 1954
binaria Eisner, 1962
rubrocatenata Eisner, 1962
quadripicta Eisner, 1962
elegantissima Eisner, 1954