Sericinus

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.

Sericinus
male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Sericinus Westwood, 1851
Species:	S. montela
Binomial name
Sericinus montela Gray, 1852
Synonyms[1]
Papilio telamon Donovan, 1798 Sericinus fortunei Gray, 1852 Sericinus telamon subsp. absurdus Bryk, 1913 Sericinus telamon subsp. eisneri Bryk, 1932 Sericinus telamon subsp. elegans Bryk, 1913 Sericinus telamon f. strandi Bryk, 1913 Sericinus telamon subsp. hoenei Bryk, 1932 Sericinus telamon subsp. hunanensis Hering, 1935 Sericinus telamon subsp. kansuensis Eisner, 1962 Sericinus telamon subsp. leechi Rothschild, 1918 Sericinus telamon subsp. magnus Fruhstorfer, 1913 Sericinus telamon subsp. roseni Bryk, 1932 Sericinus telamon subsp. rudolphi Bryk, 1932 Sericinus telamon subsp. shantungensis Hering, 1935 Sericinus telamon subsp. telmonula Bryk, 1932 Sericinus telamon var. amurensis Staudinger, 1892 Sericinus telamon var. fixseni Staudinger, 1892 Sericinus telamon var. koreana Fixsen, 1887 Sericinus telamon var. telemachus Staudinger, 1892 Sericinus telmona Gray, 1852

Sericinus montela, the dragon swallowtail, is the only species, making the genus monotypic. It is found in the Russian Far East (south of Primorsky Krai), Korea, China and Japan.^[1]

Taxonomy

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.

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  Male museum specimen from China

• 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)

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  Subspecies amurensis, female, Amur, Russia
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  Subspecies amurensis, male, Amur

• • 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 - Beijing, Nanjing, Zhenjiang, Shanghai)

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  Nominate subspecies, female
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  Nominate subspecies, male

• • 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 Shandong, Lau shan^{[clarification needed]}, Tianjin)
• 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: Hubei anderssoni Bryk, gen. aest.
• Subspecies magnus Fruhstorfer, 1913 (South China: Jiangxi, Liujiang
• Subspecies kansuensis Eisner, 1962 (China: Gansu (i.e., Kansu), Qinling, Sichuan)
• Subspecies shantungensis Hering, 1935 (China: Shandong (i.e., Shantung))
  • Form cellopurissima Eisner, 1954
  • Form binaria Eisner, 1962
  • Form rubrocatenata Eisner, 1962
  • Form quadripicta Eisner, 1962
  • Form elegantissima Eisner, 1954

Notes

• monobasic = founded containing a single species, same as "monotypic" if no more species are added
• gen. vern. = vernalis, genetically determined spring generation
• gen. aest. = aestivus, genetically determined summer generation
• gen. vest. = genetically determined vestigial form
• (!) = nomen collectivum, a nomenclatural/descriptive term used by Curt Eisner in a taxonomic sense (infrasubspecific)
• i.l. = in litteris, correspondence, not published