List of butterflies of China (Papilionidae)

This is a list of the butterflies of China belonging to the family Papilionidae and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full list of butterflies of China. 371 species or subspecies of Papilionidae are recorded from China.[1]

Bhutanitis thaidina in Charles Oberthür's Études d'entomologie: Lépidoptères de Chine (1876)

Papilionidae

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genus: Atrophaneura
A. l. genestieri (Oberthür, 1918) Yunnan
A. p. lama (Oberthür, 1876) West China
A. d. ouvrardi Oberthür, 1920 Tibet, Yunnan
A. d. melanura (Rothschild, 1905) Hainan
A. a. mansonensis (Fruhstorfer, 1901) South China
A. d. yunnana (Oberthür, 1907) Yunnan
A. c. insperatus (Joicey & Talbot, 1921) Hainan
genus: Bhutanitis
B. l. spinosa Bauer & Frankenbach, 1998 Northwest Yunnan, Southwest China
B. t. thaidina (Blanchard, 1871) China, Tibet
B. t. dongchuanensis Lee
B. m. pulchristriata Saigusa & Lee, 1982 Sichuan
genus: Graphium
G. c. clymenus (Leech, 1893) South China West China
G. s. sarpedon (Linnaeus, 1758) China, Hainan, Yunnan
G. e. cheronus (Jordan, 1909) South China, Yunnan, Hainan
G. c. chironides (Honrath, 1884) Yunnan
G. d. axion (C. & R. Felder, 1864) China, Hainan
G. a. agamemnon (Linnaeus, 1758) Yunnan
G. a. antiphates (Cramer, [1775]) Southeast China
G. a. pompilius (Fabricius, 1787) Hainan, Yunnan
G. n. hainana (Chou, 1994) Hainan
G. a. chinensis (Chou & Li, 1994) Yunnan
G. x. xenoclides (Fruhstorfer, 1902) Hainan
G. e. panopaea (de Nicéville, 1900) West China
G. t. taliensis (O. Bang-Haas, 1927)
genus: Luehdorfia
L. p. lenzeni Bryk, 1938 China
L. p. lingjangensis Lee, 1982 China
genus: Papilio
P. m. sikkimensis Moore, 1884 Tibet
P. m. centralis Staudinger, 1886 Tian Shan
P. m. montanus Alphéraky, 1897 Sichuan, Gansu, Qinghai, Yunnan
P. m. verityi Fruhstorfer, 1907 Yunnan
P. m. orientis Verity, 1911 Amur
P. m. oreinus Sheljuzhko, 1919 Tian Shan
P. m. taliensis Eller, 1939 Yunnan
P. m. kiyonobu Morita, 1997 Tibet
P. m. baijianensis Huang & Murayama, 1992 Tian Shan
P. a. voldemar Kreuzberg, 1989 Tian Shan
P. p. polytes China
P. p. mandane Rothschild, 1895 West China
P. p. liujidongi Huang, 2003 Yunnan
P. c. hamela Crowley, 1900 Hainan
P. m. choui Li, 1994 Guangxi
P. h. helenus Linnaeus, 1758 China
P. n. chaon Westwood, 1845 Yunnan
P. n. chaonulus Fruhstorfer, 1902 South China, Hainan
P. m. agenor Linnaeus, 1768 Yunnan
P. p. euprotenor Fruhstorfer, 1908 South China
P. a. irene Joicey & Talbot, 1921 Hainan
P. b. nigricans Rothschild, 1895 West China
P. b. dealbatus Rothschild, 1895 West China
P. b. parcesquamata Rosen, 1929 Yunnan
P. a. restricta Leech, 1893 South China
P. a. kuangtungensis Mell, 1935 Guangxi, Guandong, Fujian, Zhejiang
P. e. horatius Blanchard, 1871 Sichuan
P. e. hypochra Jordan, 1909 South Yunnan
P. e. yamabuki (Yoshino, 2008) North Yunnan
P. s. hainanensis (Chou, 1994) Hainan
P. c. panope Linnaeus, 1758 Hainan
P. p. telearchus (Hewitson, 1852) Yunnan
P. p. paris Linnaeus, 1758 Southwest China
P. b. bianor Cramer, 1777 South China
P. b. ganesa Doubleday, 1842 Yunnan
P. m. han (Yoshino, 1997) Fujian, Zhejiang, Sichuan
P. k. charlesi Fruhstorfer, 1902 West China
P. a. arcturulus Fruhstorfer, 1902 Sichuan
P. p. xiei Chou, 1994 Yunnan
P. s. syfanius North Yunnan
P. s. albosyfanius Shimogori & Fujioka, 1997 North Yunnan
P. s. kongaensis (Yoshino, 1997) Sichuan
genus: Parnassius

For a fuller list of subspecies in this genus see[2]

P. a. merzbacheri Fruhstorfer, 1906 Tian Shan
P. n. liupinschani Bang-Haas, 1934 Shaanxi
P. n. epaphoides Bryk & Eisner, 1937 Gansu
P. n. badius Bang-Haas, 1938 Gansu
P. p. halasicus Huang & Murayama, 1992
P. a. minutus Verity, 1911 Tian Shan
P. a. ambrosius Stichel, 1907 Tian Shan
P. a. dubitabilis Verity, 1911 Tian Shan
P. a. actinoboloides Bang-Haas, 1928 Gansu
P. j. variabilis Stichel, 1906 Tian Shan
P. j. tibetanus Ruhl, 1892 Tibet
P. t. chimganus Kreuzberg, 1989 Tian Shan
P. t. astrictio Ohya, 1987 Tian Shan
P. t. thiseus Ehrmann, 1920 Tian Shan
P. e. poeta Oberthür, 1892
P. e. nanchaninca Austaut, 1899 Nanchan
P. e. phariensis Avinoff, 1916 Tibet
P. e. dongalaica Tytler, 1926 Tibet
P. e. subtilis Bang-Haas, 1927
P. a. gloriosus Fruhstorfer, 1904 Tian Shan
P. a. narynus Fruhstorfer, 1908 Tian Shan
P. a. poseidon Bryk & Eisner, 1934 Tian Shan
P. s. bodemeyeri Bryk, 1914 Amur
P. s. bronkampi Bang-Haas, 1933 Gansu
P. g. nankingi Bang-Haas, 1927 Nanjing
P. g. sinicus Bryk, 1932 Chang-Jong[clarification needed]
P. g. tajanus Bryk, 1932
P. g. anachoreta Bryk, 1936
P. a. jiadengyuensis Huang & Murayama, 1992 Xinjiang (Altai)
P. o. johanna Bryk, 1932 Shaanxi
P. o. parthenos Bryk, 1932 Sichuan
P. o. lobnorica Bryk, 1934 Lob Nor
P. o. janseni Bang-Haas, 1938 Minshan
P. o. schneideri Bang-Haas, 1938 Gansu
P. o. lakshmi Mikami, 1998
P. a. tagalangi Bang-Haas, 1927 Tibet
P. a. liliput (Bryk, 1932) Tibet
P. a. gyanglaputsai Huang, 1998 Tibet
P. p. liae Huang & Murayama, 1989 West China
P. b. baileyanus (Bryk, 1932) West China
P. b. rothschildianus Bryk, 1931 Sichuan
P. s. germanae Austaut, 1906 Kangding
P. s. lethe Bryk & Eisner
P. s. frivaldszkyi Bang-Haas, 1928 Gansu
P. s. kansuensis Bryk & Eisner, 1931 Gansu
P. s. arnoldiana (Bang-Haas, 1938) Minshan
P. s. luminosa (Bang-Haas, 1938) Qilian Shan
P. c. elwesi Leech, 1893 Tibet
P. c. rileyanus (Bryk, 1932) Tibet
P. c. irene Bryk & Eisner Qinghai
P. c. eierhoffi (Bang-Haas, 1938) Gansu
P. c. sengei (Bang-Haas, 1938) Minshan
P. c. paimaensis Yoshino, 1997 Yunnan
P. a. hades (Bryk, 1932) Tibet
P. a. lathonius Bryk Tibet
P. a. lux (Eisner, 1969) Tibet
P. a. yanae Huang, 1998 Xiagangjiang Mountains
P. s. hingstoni (Bryk, 1932) Tibet
P. s. bainqenerdini Huang, 1998 Xiagangjiang Mountains
P. a. eos Bryk & Eisner, 1934 Gansu
P. a. buddenbrocki (Bang-Haas, 1938) Minshan
P. a. dirschi Bang-Haas, 1938 Gansu
P. c. basharianus (Eisner, 1969) Tibet
P. i. augustus Fruhstorfer, 1903 Nan Shan
P. i. intermedius Rothschild, 1909 Tibet
P. i. irmae (Bryk, 1932) Tibet
P. i. aino (Bryk, 1932) Yunnan
P. i. evansi (Bryk, 1932) Tibet
P. i. regulus Bryk & Eisner, 1932 Nan Shan
P. i. regina Bryk & Eisner, 1932 Minshan
P. i. dominus Bang-Haas, 1934 Qinghai
P. i. uxoria Bang-Haas, 1935 Qinghai
genus: Sericinus
genus: Teinopalpus
T. a. wuyiensis Lee, 1992
T. a. guangxiensis Chou & Zhou, 1994 Guangxi, Mt. Dayaoshan
T. a. hainanensis Lee Hainan
T. i. imperialis Hope, 1843
T. i. behludinii Pen, 1936 Sichuan

References

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  1. ^ Wu Chunsheng, 2010 China Checklist of Lepodoptera, In the Biodiversity Committee of Chinese Academy of Sciences ed., Catalogue of Life China: 2014 Annual Checklist, Science Press, Beijing, China
  2. ^ Ackery, P. R. (1973): A list of the type-specimens of Parnassius (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) in the British Museum (Natural History). Bulletin of the British Museum (Entomology) 29 (1) (9.XI.1973): 1—35, 1 pl.online
  • Bauer, Erich and Thomas Frankenbach (1998). Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the world Part I (1), Papilionidae Papilionidae I: Papilio, Subgenus Achillides, Bhutanitis, Teinopalpus. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach. Keltern: Goecke & Evers; Canterbury: Hillside Books ISBN 9783931374624
  • Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  • Chou, I0 (ed) 1994. Monographia Rhopalocerorum Sinensium (Monograph of Chinese Butterflies). Henan Scientific and Technological Publishing House, Zhengzhou. (in Chinese). ISBN 7-5349-1574-0. Lists species plus new distribution records for China. New species descriptions are noted in English. Colour photographs of the species treated, with accompanying Chinese text.
  • Full list references.
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