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Papilionidae 77a0381 – 4181   Pterourus troilus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: • Papilio troilus Linnaeus, 1758 • Papilio addenda Dufrane, 1946 • Papilio anethi Fabricius, 1938 • Papilio berioi Dufrane, 1946 • Papilio flava Dufrane, 1946 • Papilio ilioneus Smith, 1797 • Papilio obliterata Dufrane, 1946 • Papilio radiatus Strecker, 1900 • Papilio texanus Ehrmann, 1900 • Pterourus fakahatcheensis Gatrelle, 2000 Taxonomic Notes: Pterourus troilus (Linnaeus, 1758) was formerly placed in the genus Papilio. The name Pterourus was treated as a valid genus in Miller & Brown (1981) and as a synonym of Papilio in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist). Subsequent authors, i. e. Tyler et al. (1994), Lamas (2004) and Shiraiwa & Grishin (2014), have retained Pterourus as valid.

References

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

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