Taxonomic and nomenclatorial notes on Parides aeneas (Linnaeus, 1758) with description of three new subspecies from Peru (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae)
Fragmenta Entomologica
1988
Journal Article
20
2
143-154
Parque Nacional del Manu Animals Invertebrates Arthropods Insects butterflies taxonomy systematics new species morphology Lepidoptera Madre de Dios Bibliography
The nomenclatorial and taxonomic status of Papilio aeneas damis Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 and of Papilio opalinus Butler, 1877 are revised. Three new subspecies of P. aeneas (Linnaeus, 1758) are described and named, tucha from the Chanchamayo region, huallaga from the Huallaga region and lamasi from Madre de Dios. Essentially they are differentiated in the females' colour pattern. Their distribution fits some of the Peruvian zoogeographical units proposed by Brown and Lamas (Parides aeneas opalinus (Butler, 1877) stat et. comb. nov. (Papilio opalinus) is described.)