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List of butterflies of China (Papilionidae)

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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.

Papilionidae

genus: Atrophaneura
  • Atrophaneura latreillei (Donovan, 1826)
  • A. l. genestieri (Oberthür, 1918) Yunnan
  • Atrophaneura polyeuctes (Doubleday, 1842)
  • A. p. lama (Oberthür, 1876) West China
  • Atrophaneura dasarada (Moore, 1857)
  • A. d. ouvrardi Oberthür, 1920 Tibet, Yunnan A. d. melanura (Rothschild, 1905) Hainan
  • Atrophaneura nevilli (Wood-Mason, 1882) West China
  • Atrophaneura alcinous (Klug, 1836)
  • A. a. mansonensis (Fruhstorfer, 1901) South China
  • Atrophaneura daemonius (Alphéraky, 1895) West China, Tibet
  • A. d. yunnana (Oberthür, 1907) Yunnan
  • Atrophaneura plutonius (Oberthür, 1876) West China
  • Atrophaneura mencius (C. & R. Felder, 1862) Central China, Southeast China
  • Atrophaneura rhadinus (Jordan, 1928) Yunnan
  • Atrophaneura zaleucus (Hewitson, 1865) Yunnan
  • Atrophaneura aidoneus (Doubleday, 1845) Yunnan
  • Atrophaneura coon (Fabricius, 1793)
  • A. c. insperatus (Joicey & Talbot, 1921) Hainan genus: Bhutanitis
  • Bhutanitis lidderdalii Atkinson, 1873
  • B. l. spinosa Bauer & Frankenbach, 1998 Northwest Yunnan, Southwest China
  • Bhutanitis thaidina (Blanchard, 1871)
  • B. t. thaidina (Blanchard, 1871) China, Tibet B. t. dongchuanensis Lee
  • Bhutanitis yulongensis Chou
  • Bhutanitis nigrilima Chou
  • Bhutanitis mansfieldi (Riley, 1939)
  • B. m. pulchristriata Saigusa & Lee, 1982 Szechwan genus: Graphium
  • Graphium cloanthus (Westwood, 1841)
  • G. c. clymenus (Leech, 1893) South China West China
  • Graphium sarpedon (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • G. s. sarpedon(Linnaeus, 1758) China, Hainan, Yunnan
  • Graphium eurypylus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • G. e. cheronus (Jordan, 1909) South China, Yunnan, Hainan
  • Graphium chironides (Honrath, 1884)
  • G. c. chironides (Honrath, 1884) Yunnan
  • Graphium doson (C. & R. Felder, 1864)
  • G. d. axion (C. & R. Felder, 1864) China, Hainan
  • Graphium bathycles (Zinken, 1831)
  • Graphium leechi (Rothschild, 1895)
  • Graphium agamemnon (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • G. a. agamemnon (Linnaeus, 1758) Yunnan
  • Graphium antiphates (Cramer, [1775])
  • G. a. antiphates (Cramer, [1775]) Southeast China G. a. pompilius (Fabricius, 1787) Hainan, Yunnan
  • Graphium nomius (Esper, 1799)
  • G. n. hainana (Chou, 1994) Hainan
  • Graphium agetes (Westwood, 1843)
  • G. a. chinensis (Chou & Li, 1994) Yunnan
  • Graphium xenocles (Doubleday, 1842)
  • G. x. xenoclides (Fruhstorfer, 1902) Hainan
  • Graphium eurous (Leech, [1893])
  • G. e. panopaea (de Nicéville, 1900) West China
  • Graphium mandarinus (Oberthür, 1879)
  • Graphium alebion (Gray, [1853])
  • Graphium tamerlana (Oberthür, 1876)
  • G. t. taliensis (O. Bang-Haas, 1927)
  • Graphium hoenei (Mell, 1935) Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Shaanxi, Sichuan
  • Graphium glycerion (Gray, 1831)
  • genus: Luehdorfia
  • Luehdorfia chinensis Leech, 1893
  • Luehdorfia japonica Leech, 1889
  • Luehdorfia puziloi (Erschoff, 1872)
  • L. p. lenzeni Bryk, 1938 China L. p. lingjangensis Lee, 1982 China genus: Papilio
  • Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758
  • 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
  • Papilio alexanor Esper, 1800
  • P. a. voldemar Kreuzberg, 1989 Tian-Shan
  • Papilio xuthus Linnaeus, 1767 Yunnan
  • Papilio polytes Linnaeus, 1758
  • P. p. polytes China P. p. mandane Rothschild, 1895 West China P. p. liujidongi Huang, 2003 Yunnan
  • Papilio castor Westwood, 1842
  • P. c. hamela Crowley, 1900 Hainan
  • Papilio mahadeva Moore, [1879]
  • P. m. choui Li, 1994 Guangxi
  • Papilio helenus Linnaeus, 1758
  • P. h. helenus Linnaeus, 1758 China
  • Papilio nephelus Boisduval, 1836
  • P. n. chaon Westwood, 1845 Yunnan P. n. chaonulus Fruhstorfer, 1902 South China, Hainan
  • Papilio memnon Linnaeus, 1758
  • P. m. agenor Linnaeus, 1768 Yunnan
  • Papilio protenor Cramer, [1775]
  • P. p. euprotenor Fruhstorfer, 1908 South China
  • Papilio alcmenor C. & R. Felder, [1864]
  • P. a. irene Joicey & Talbot, 1921 Hainan
  • Papilio macilentus Janson, 1877 East China
  • Papilio bootes Westwood, 1842
  • P. b. nigricans Rothschild, 1895 West China P. b. dealbatus Rothschild, 1895 West China P. b. parcesquamata Rosen, 1929 Yunnan
  • Papilio elwesi Leech, 1889
  • Papilio agestor Gray, 1831
  • P. a. restricta Leech, 1893 South China P. a. kuangtungensis Mell, 1935 Guangxi, Guandong, Fujian, Zhejiang
  • Papilio epycides Hewitson, 1864
  • P. e. horatius Blanchard, 1871 Sichuan P. e. hypochra Jordan, 1909 South Yunnan P. e. yamabuki (Yoshino, 2008) North Yunnan
  • Papilio slateri Hewitson, 1859
  • P. s. hainanensis (Chou, 1994) Hainan
  • Papilio clytia Linnaeus, 1758
  • P. c. panope Linnaeus, 1758 Hainan
  • Papilio paradoxa (Zinken, 1831)
  • P. p. telearchus (Hewitson, 1852) Yunnan
  • Papilio paris Linnaeus, 1758
  • P. p. paris Linnaeus, 1758 Southwest China
  • Papilio bianor Cramer, 1777
  • P. b. bianor Cramer, 1777 South China P. b. ganesa Doubleday, 1842 Yunnan
  • Papilio maackii Menetries, 1859
  • P. m. han (Yoshino, 1997) Fujian, Zhejiang, Sichuan
  • Papilio dialis Leech, 1893 West China
  • Papilio krishna Moore, 1857
  • P. k. charlesi Fruhstorfer, 1902 West China
  • Papilio arcturus Westwood, 1842 West China
  • P. a. arcturulus Fruhstorfer, 1902 Szechuan
  • Papilio polyctor Boisduval, 1836
  • P. p. xiei Chou, 1994 Yunnan
  • Papilio syfanius Oberthür, 1886
  • 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

    genus: Sericinus
  • Sericinus montela Gray, 1852
  • genus: Teinopalpus
  • Teinopalpus aureus Mell, 1923
  • T. a. wuyiensis Lee, 1992 T. a. guangxiensis Chou & Zhou, 1994 Guangxi, Mt. Dayaoshan T. a. hainanensis Lee Hainan
  • Teinopalpus imperialis Hope, 1843
  • T. i. imperialis Hope, 1843 T. i. behludinii Pen, 1936 Sichuan

    References

    List of butterflies of China (Papilionidae) Wikipedia