Supriya Ghosh (Editor)

Sericinus

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Subfamily
  
Parnassiinae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Family
  
Papilionidae

Higher classification
  
Swallowtail butterfly

Sericinus Sericinus

Similar
  
Swallowtail butterfly, Butterfly, Insect, Butterflies and moths, Luehdorfia

Sericinus montela catepillars


Sericinus 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.

Contents

Sericinus pictures frans butterflies papilionidae Sericinus montela F

Femal ribbon butterfly sericinus montelus gray is laying eggs


Taxonomy

See Notes below for abbreviations used
Sericinus pictures frans butterflies papilionidae Sericinus montela

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.

Sericinus Sericinus

  • Subspecies manchurica (Bang-Haas (i.l.) van Rosen, 1929 (North China: South Manchuria)
  • Form roseni Bryk, 1932 gen. 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 (East U.S.S.R., Amurland-Ussuri)
  • 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, 1887 (melanogramma 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, 1852 (telamon Donovan, 1798: hoenei Hering), (Central and North 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) (West China)
  • 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 (South China: Kiangsi, Liu- kiang
  • 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

    • Sericinus Papilionidae Sericinus montela Gray 1852

    Sericinus httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

    Sericinus Sericinus montela

    References

    Sericinus Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA