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Papilionidae 77a0366 – 4159   Papilio polyxenes Fabricius, 1775

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: polyxenes Fabricius, 1775 (Papilio) extralim. - MONA 1983: 4159 polyxenes Fabricius, 1775 (Papilio) extralim. - MONA 1983: 4159 ajax Linnaeus, 1758 (Papilio) (in part); unavail.   Note: (in part); unavail. ssp. a. asterius Stoll, in: Cramer, [1782] (Papilio)  alunata Skinner & Aaron, 1889 (Papilio) (synonym of ssp. asterius)  asterioides Reakirt, [1867] (Papilio) (synonym of ssp. asterius)  calverleyi Grote, 1864 (Papilio) (synonym of ssp. asterius)  comstocki Chermock & Chermock, 1937 (Papilio) (synonym of ssp. rudkini)  curvifascia Skinner, 1902 (Papilio) (synonym of ssp. asterius)  ehrmanni Ehrmann, 1925 (Papilio) (synonym of ssp. asterius)  forsythae Wood, 1937 (Papilio) (synonym of ssp. asterius)  gertrudis Kruck, 1931 (Papilio) (synonym of ssp. asterius)  gracehus Fabricius, 1938 (Papilio) (synonym of ssp. asterius)  masculina Reiff, 1911 (Papilio) (synonym of ssp. asterius)  mediocauda Eimer, 1895 (Papilio) (synonym of ssp. asterius)  pseudoamericus Brown, [1943] (Papilio) (synonym of ssp. asterius)  semialba Ehrmann, 1900 (Papilio) (synonym of ssp. asterius)  ampliata Ménétriés, 1857 (Papilio) (synonym of ssp. asterius)  subamplicata Dufrane, 1946 (Papilio) (synonym of ssp. asterius)  viridis Cockerell, 1889 (Papilio) (synonym of ssp. asterius) ssp. b. rudkini Comstock, 1935 (Papilio)  clarki Chermock & Chermock, 1937 (Papilio) (synonym of ssp. rudkini) ssp. c. stabilis Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 (Papilio) (excl.) ssp. d. americus Kollar, 1850 (Papilio) (excl.)

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at the Butterflies of America

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