Sericinus 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.
See Notes below for abbreviations used Sericinus Westwood, 1851 (Transactions of the Entomological Society of London . 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 )Form roseni Bryk , 1932gen. vern. Form manschuricus van Rosen gen. aest. Form cellopura Form posterior exsubcostalis (!) Eisner , 1974 Form binaria Bryk Form minusculus Eisner, 1962 Form nigricans Eisner, 1962 Form minima Eisner, 1962 Subspecies amurensis Staudinger , 1892 Form telemachus Staudinger, 1892 gen. vern. Form amurensis Staudingers gen. vest . Form minusculus Eisner, 1962 Subspecies eisneri Bryk 1932 North East Korea (probably amurensis ) gen. vern. not described. Form eisneri Bryk gen. aest. Form binaria Eisner, 1962 Form unaria Eisner, 1962 ! Subspecies koreana Fixsen , 1887melanogramma Bryk, 1846) Korea Form fixseni Staudinger, 1892 gen. vern. Form koreanus Fix. gen. aest. Form grayi Fixsen, 1887 Form grundi Eisner, 1962 Form binaria Eisner, 1962 Form strandi Bryk 1913 Form flavomaculata Eisner, 1962 Form minusculus Eisner, 1962 Form magna Eisner Form rubrocatenata Eisner Form posteriorsubmarginalisinterrupta (!) Eisner, 1974 Subspecies montela Gray , 1852telamon Donovan, 1798 : hoenei Hering China - Peking, Nanking, Chekiang, Shanghai ) Form strandi Bryk, 1913 Form telmona Gray 1852 gen. vern. (hoenei Bryk, 1932 ) Form telmononula Bryk Form ruth Eisner, 1962 Form montela Gray, 1852 gen. aest. Form cellopura Eisner, 1954 Form cellopurissima Eisner, 1954 Form elegantissima Eisner, 1954 Form flavomaculata Eisner, 1954 Form miniuscula Eisner, 1962 Form binaria Eisner, 1962 Form nigricans Eisner, 1962 Form eva Bryk and Eisner, 1935 Form absurdus Bryk, 1913 (West China, South Shantung, Lau shan, Tientsin) Subspecies elegans Bryk, 1913 (leechi Rothschild , 1918 Form telmona Gray gen. vern. Form elegans Bryk gen. aest. Form strandi Bryk, 1913 Form leechi Rothschild, 1918 Form cressoni Reakirt Subspecies anderssoni Bryk, 1941 (Central China: Hupei anderssoni Bryk, gen. aest. Subspecies magnus Fruhstorfer , 1913 Subspecies kansuensis Eisner, 1962 (China: Kansu, Tsinglingshan, Szetchwan) Subspecies shantungensis Hering, 1935 (China: Shantung) Form cellopurissima Eisner, 1954 Form binaria Eisner, 1962 Form rubrocatenata Eisner, 1962 Form quadripicta Eisner, 1962 Form elegantissima Eisner, 1954 
