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Papilionidae
77a0388.1n – 4183.4   Papilio solstitius DeRoller, Wang, Dupuis & Schmidt, 2025
Distribution Data for Papilio solstitius
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Synonymy:
  • solstitius DeRoller, Wang, Dupuis & Schmidt, 2025 (Papilio) - MONA 1983: [NEW since Pohl & Nanz (eds.) (2023)]
  • Taxonomic Notes: Papilio solstitius DeRoller, Wang, Dupuis & Schmidt, 2025, n. sp., is a member of the glaucus complex, which was placed by Pelham & Pohl (in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023) (Checklist) in the subgenus Jasoniades within the genus Pterourus (as opposed to Papilio) following Zhang et al. (2021). The generic placement in DeRoller follows Condamine et al. (2023), which supersedes Pelham & Pohl.
    References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)
    • DeRoller C.J., X. Wang, J.R. Dupuis & B.C. Schmidt, 2025. A cryptic new species of tiger swallowtail (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae) from eastern North America. ZooKeys, 1228: 69-97.
    • DeRoller C.J., X. Wang, J.R. Dupuis & B.C. Schmidt, 2025. A cryptic new species of tiger swallowtail (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae) from eastern North America. ZooKeys, 1228: 69-97.
    • Pohl, G.R. & S.R. Nanz (eds.), 2023. Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Bakersfield, California, xiv + 580 pp. (order).
    • Zhang, J., Q. Cong, J. Shen, P.A. Opler & N.V. Grishin, 2021. Genomics-guided refinement of butterfly taxonomy. Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey, 9(3): 1-54.

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