Byasa polyeuctes letincius

Byasa polyeuctes letincius, ♂, Nepal.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Papilionidae
Subfamilia: Papilioninae
Tribus: Troidini
Subtribus: Troidina
Genus: Byasa
Species: Byasa polyeuctes
Subspecies: Byasa polyeuctes letincius

Name

Byasa polyeuctes letincius (Fruhstorfer, 1908).

Type locality: NW India, Nepal.

Holotype: BMNH.

Synonymy

• Papilio philoxenus letincius Fruhstorfer, 1908: 72.
• Papilio philoxenus Gray, 1831: 32 (preocc. Papilio philoxenus Esper, [1780]), TL: Nepal. See Hemming, 1967: 83.
• Papilio philoxenus (Gray); Moore, 1878: 840; Rothschild, 1895: 264.
• Tros philoxenus (Gray); Wynter-Blyth, 1957: 377.
• Parides philoxenus (Gray); Lewis, 1974: 135.
• Byasa polyeuctes lama (Oberthür); Chou, 1994: 113.

References

• Chou, I. & Gu, 1994. In Chou I. (ed.), Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2.
• Fruhstorfer, H. 1908. Lepidopterologisches Pele-Mele. Neue ostasiatische Rhopaloceren. Entomologische Zeitschrift 22(11): 46–47; 22(12): 48–49; Neue sudamerikanische Pieriden. 22(14): 59; Neue Papiliorassen. 22(18): 72–73. Reference page. 
• Hemming, A.F. 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1–509. Reference page. 
• Lewis, H. L., 1974. Butterflies of the World xvi + 104pp., 208 pls. Harrap, London.
• Rothschild, L.W. 1895. A Revision of the Papilios of the Eastern hemisphere, exclusive of Africa. Novitates Zoologicae 2(3): 167–463, pls 8–10. BHL Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Wynter-Blyth, M. A., 1957; Butterflies of the Indian Region Scholarly Publications, 523pp, 72 pls. (1982 Reprint). Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: West Himalayan Common Windmill