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Iphiclides podalirius (Linnaeus, 1758)

 
 
Synonyms
[ORIG] [Papilio Eques Achivus] podalirius Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10)1: 463, nota.
 
    TL: Livorno in Toscany, Italy (Ray J. 1710. Hist. Ins.: 111 no. 3, first reference included in the original description)
[JS] P[apilio]. E[ques]. sinon Poda, 1761. Ins. Mus. Graec.: 62, pl. 2, fig. 1.  
    TL: Graz area (Austria).  
[JS] P[apilio]. flammaeus Geoffroy, 1785. In Fourcroy, Entomol. Paris. 2: 242.  
    TL: Paris (France).  
[JS] P[apilio]. A[chivus]. brassicae Fabricius, 1807. Syst. Glossat.: 43 (nec Papilio brassicae Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10)1: 467-468).  
    TL: Sweden.  
[JS] Papilio (Podalirius) europaeus Swainson, 1833. Zool. Illust. (2)3: [text, pl. 105].  
    TL: Messina (Sicily, Italy).  
[JH] Papilio podalirius var. zanclaeus Zeller, 1847. Isis von Oken 1847(3): 213.  
    TL: Sicily (S Italy).  
[JS] Papilio virgatus Butler, 1865. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1865: 430-431, pl. 25, fig. 1.  
    TL: Damascus (Syria).  
[JS] Papilio podalirius smyrnensis Eimer, 1889. Artbild. Verwandtsch. Schmett. (1): 94, fig. M.  
    TL: Smyrna (Izmir, Turkey).  
[JS] Papilio podalirius var. flaccidus Krulikowsky, 1908. Soc. Entomol. 23(1): 2.  
    TL: Kazan (Russian Federation).  
[IFS] Papilio podalirius f. intermedia Grund, 1908. Soc. Entomol. 23(11): 81.  
    TL: Slavonia, Croatia.  
[IFS] Papilio podalirius zanclaeus [gen. I] interjecta Verity, 1911. Rhop. Pal.: 291, pl. 1, fig. 3.  
    TL: Akbès (Syria).  
[JS] Papilio podalirius race inalpina Verity, 1911. Rhop. Pal.: 291, pl. 57, fig. 1.  
    TL: Tarasp, Engadin (Switzerland).  
[JS] Papilio podalirius [race] valesiaca Verity, 1911. Rhop. Pal.: 291, pl. 57, fig. 4.  
    TL: Martigny, Sierre (Valais, Switzerland).  
[JS] Papilio podalirius (zanclaeus gen. aest.) race persica Verity, 1911. Rhop. Pal.: 291-292, pl. 60, fig. 5.  
    TL: Gulhak (Iran).  
[JS] Papilio podalirius race creta Verity, 1911. Rhop. Pal.: 292.  
    TL: Athens (Greece).  
[JS] Papilio podalirius race elongata Verity, 1911. Rhop. Pal.: 292, pl. 57, fig. 3.  
    TL: Herculesbad (= Băile Herculane, Romania).  
[JS] Papilio podalirius var. velebiticus Grund, 1916. Glasn. Hrvatsk. Prirodosl. Društva 28: 144, 146-147.  
    TL: Velebit (Croatia).  
[IFS] Iphiclides podalirius gen. II pseudopersica Rocci, 1919. Atti Soc. Ligust. Sc. nat. geogr. 30: 9, 34, pl. 1, fig. 7.  
    TL: Santa Margherita e Celle (Liguria, Italy).  
[IFS] Iphiclides podalirius gen. II. aleramica Rocci, 1929. Bull. Soc. entomol. ital. 61: 147.  
    TL: Monferrato (Piemont, Italy).  
[JH] Iphiclides podalirius race interjecta Verity, 1947. Farfalle diurne Italia 3: 44 (nec Papilio leucothoe interjectus Honrath, 1893. Berl. Entomol. Z. 37: 490).  
    Stat. nov. for Papilio podalirius zanclaeus [gen. I] interjecta Verity, 1911.  
[JS] Iphiclides podalirius race aleramica Rocci, in Verity, 1947. Farfalle diurne Italia 3: 44-45.  
    Stat. nov. for Iphiclides podalirius gen. II. aleramica Rocci, 1929.  
[JS] Iphiclides podalirius race intermedia (Grund) Verity, 1947. Farfalle diurne Italia 3: 45-46.  
    Stat. nov. for Papilio podalirius f. intermedia Grund, 1908.  
[JS] Iphiclides podalirius race pseudopersica (Rocci) Verity, 1947. Farfalle diurne Italia 3: 46.  
    Stat. nov. for Iphiclides podalirius gen. II pseudopersica Rocci, 1919.  

Notes  
(1) The species name Papilio podalirius Linnaeus, 1758 was placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology, name no. 77 by Opinion 263 (ICZN, 1954. Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 5(24): 329-342).  
(2) The type locality “Livorno in Toscany, Italy” was confirmed by the same Opinion 263.  
(3) Iphiclides podalirius x Iphiclides feisthamelii : f. notha Verity, 1947. Farfalle diurne Italia 3: 37.  
(4) Taxa not described from the Western Palearctic: Papilio (Iphiclides) podalirius centralasiae Rosen, 1929 (LT: N Dscharkents, Ili-distr., C Asia) ; Iphiclides podalirius xinyuanensis Huang & Murayama, 1992 (Xinyuan, Tianshan (Xinjiang prov., China).  

Bibliography  
Butler A. G. 1865.
4. Description of six new species of diurnal Lepidoptera in the British Museum Collection.
Proceedings of the general meetings for scientific business of the Zoological Society of London 1865: 430-434, pl. 25. (url)
New taxon: Papilio virgatus.
 
       
Eimer G. H. T. 1889.
Die Artbildung und Verwandtschaft bei den Schmetterlingen. Text, [Theil 1] Eine systematische Darstellung der Abänderungen, Abarten und Arten der Segelfalter- ähnlichen Formen der Gattung Papilio. Jena: Verlag von Gustav Fischer (Ed.). pp. 1-243, fig. 1-23 (url)
New taxon: Papilio virgatus.
 
       
Fabricius J. C. 1807a.
Systema Glossatorum secundum ordines, genera, species, adiectis, synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Brunovici [Brunswick, Germany]: Apud Carolum Reichard (Ed.). pp. i-xii, 13-112. (facsimile Bryk, 1938: url)
New taxon: Papilio brassicae.
 
       
Geoffroy É. L. 1785.
In : Fourcroy, Entomologia Parisiensis ; sive Catalogus insectorum quae in agro Parisiensi reperiuntur ; Secundum methodum Geoffrœanam in sectiones, genera et species distributus : cui addita sunt nomina trivalia et fere trecentae novae Species. Pars secunda. Parisiis [Paris, France]: Sub privilegio Academiae (Ed.). pp. 233-544. (url)
New taxon: Papilio flammaeus.
 
       
Grund A. 1908.  
Neue Rhopalocera-Formen aus der Umgebung von Agram (Zagreb. Kroatien).
Societas entomologica 23(11): 81-82. (url)
New taxon: Papilio podalirius intermedia.
 
   
Grund A. 1916.
Beiträge zur kroatischen Lepidopteren-Fauna.
Glasnik hrvatskoga Prirodoslovnoga Društva 28: 95-105, 114-168. (url)
New taxon: Papilio podalirius velebiticus.
 
       
ICZN 1954.
Opinion 263, Designation, under the Plenary Powers, of a description to represent the lectotype of the nominal species Papilio podalirius Linnaeus, 1758 (Class Insecta, Order Lepidoptera).
Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 5(24): 329-342. (url)
 
   
Krulikowsky L. 1908.
Einige neue Varietäten und Aberrationen der Lepidopteren des östlichen Russlands (Gonvern. Wiatka und Kasan.).
Societas entomologica 23(1): 2-3. (url)
New taxon: Papilio podalirius flaccidus.
 
   
Linnaeus C. 1758.
III. Lepidoptera. Caroli Linnaei, Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I ; Editio Decima, Reformata. Holmiae [Stockholm]: Laurentii Salvii (Ed.). pp. 458-542. (url)
New taxon: Papilio podalirius.
 
   
Poda von Neuhaus N. 1761.
Insecta Musei Graecensis, quae in ordines, genera et species juxta Systema Naturae Caroli Linnaei. Graecii [Graz]: Widmanstadii (Ed.). pp. [i-iv], 1-127, [1-12], pl. 1-2. (url)
New taxon: Papilio sinon.
 
   
Rocci U. 1919.
Osservazioni sui Lepidotteri de Liguria. Note comparative (Papilionidae, Pieridae la partie).
Atti della Società ligustica di scienze naturali e geografiche 30: 3-34, pl. 1. (url not available)
New taxon: Iphiclides podalirius pseudopersica.
 
   
Rocci U. 1929.
Nuove forme de Lepidotteri: Rhopalocera.
Bullettino della Società entomologica italiana 61: 146-154. (url not available)
New taxon: Iphiclides podalirius aleramica.
 
   
Swainson W. 1832-1833.
Zoological Illustrations, or original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting Animals, selected chiefly from the classes of Ornithology, Entomology, and Conchology. Second Series, Vol. III. London: Baldwin & Cradock (Ed.). [unnumbered text], pl. 92-136. (url)
New taxon: Papilio (Podalirius) europaeus.
 
   
Verity R. 1905-1911.
Rhopalocera Palearctica, iconograhie et description des papillons diurnes de la région Paléarctique (Papilionidae et Pieridae).
Florence [Italy]: R. Verity. [Vol. 1 - texte]: i-lxxxvi, 1-368, [Vol. 2 - planches]: i-xii, pl. 1-86. (note on publication dates: Kudrna, 1983 (url): 1905: 1-36, pl. 1-7 ; 1906: 37-68, pl. 8-9, 11-13, 15, 21 ; 1907: 69-124, pl. 10, 14, 16-20, 22-23, 26, 41, 43-44 ; 1908: 125-220, pl. 27-34, 40, 42, 45-49 ; 1909: 221-284, pl. 24, 35-39, 48 ; 1911: i-lxxxvi, 285-368, pl. 25, 50-72). (url not available)
New taxa: Papilio podalirius inalpina, Papilio podalirius valesiaca, Papilio podalirius interjecta, Papilio podalirius creta, Papilio podalirius elongata.
 
   
Verity R. 1947.
Le Farfalle diurne d'Italia. Volume terzo, Divisione Papilonida, serione Papilionina (Famiglie Papilionidae e Pieridae). Firenze: Marzocco SA (Ed.). pp. i-xvi, 1-318, pl. 20-37, pl. [morphology] X-XIV. (url)
Stat. nov.: Iphiclides podalirius intermedia Grund, Iphiclides podalirius inalpina Verity, Iphiclides podalirius valesiaca Verity, Iphiclides podalirius pseudopersica Rocci, Iphiclides podalirius aleramica Rocci.
 
   
Zeller P. C. 1847.
Bemerkungen über die auf einer Reise nach Italien und Sicilien beobachteten Schmetterlingsarten (Fortsetzung von Isis Heft II. pag. 159).
Isis von Oken 1847(3): 213-233. (url)
New taxon: Papilio podalirius zanclaeus.
 

Reference publications  
Coutsis J. G. & Oorschot H. van-. 2011.
Differences in the male and female genitalia between Iphiclides podalirius and Iphiclides feisthamelii, further supporting species status for the latter (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae).
Phegea 39(1): 12-22. (url)
 
   
Gaunet A., Dincă V., Dapporto L., Montagud S., Vodă R., Schär S., Badiane A., Font E. & Vila R. 2019.
Two consecutive Wolbachia‐mediated mitochondrial introgressions obscure taxonomy in Palearctic swallowtail butterflies (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae).
Zoologica Scripta 48(4): 1–13. (url)
 
   

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