This is a list of the butterflies of China belonging to the family Papilionidae and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full list of butterflies of China. 371 species or subspecies of Papilionidae are recorded from China.
Papilionidae
genus: Atrophaneura
:*Atrophaneura latreillei <small>(Donovan, 1826)</small>
::A. l. genestieri <small>(Oberthür, 1918)</small> Yunnan
:*Atrophaneura polyeuctes <small>(Doubleday, 1842)</small>
::A. p. lama <small>(Oberthür, 1876)</small> West China
:*Atrophaneura dasarada <small>(Moore, 1857)</small>
::A. d. ouvrardi <small>Oberthür, 1920</small> Tibet, Yunnan
::A. d. melanura <small>(Rothschild, 1905)</small> Hainan
:*Atrophaneura nevilli <small>(Wood-Mason, 1882)</small> West China
:*Atrophaneura alcinous <small>(Klug, 1836)</small>
::A. a. mansonensis <small>(Fruhstorfer, 1901)</small> South China
:*Atrophaneura daemonius <small>(Alphéraky, 1895)</small> West China, Tibet
::A. d. yunnana <small>(Oberthür, 1907)</small> Yunnan
:*Atrophaneura plutonius <small>(Oberthür, 1876)</small> West China
:*Atrophaneura mencius <small>(C. & R. Felder, 1862)</small> Central China, Southeast China
:*Atrophaneura rhadinus <small>(Jordan, 1928)</small> Yunnan
:*Atrophaneura zaleucus <small>(Hewitson, 1865)</small> Yunnan
:*Atrophaneura aidoneus <small>(Doubleday, 1845)</small> Yunnan
:*Atrophaneura coon <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small>
::A. c. insperatus <small>(Joicey & Talbot, 1921)</small> Hainan
genus: Bhutanitis
:*Bhutanitis lidderdalii <small>Atkinson, 1873</small>
::B. l. spinosa <small>Bauer & Frankenbach, 1998</small> Northwest Yunnan, Southwest China
:*Bhutanitis thaidina <small>(Blanchard, 1871)</small>
::B. t. thaidina <small>(Blanchard, 1871)</small> China, Tibet
::B. t. dongchuanensis <small>Lee</small>
:*Bhutanitis yulongensis <small>Chou</small>
:*Bhutanitis nigrilima <small>Chou</small>
:*Bhutanitis mansfieldi <small>(Riley, 1939)</small>
::B. m. pulchristriata <small>Saigusa & Lee, 1982</small> Sichuan
genus: Graphium
:*Graphium cloanthus <small>(Westwood, 1841)</small>
::G. c. clymenus <small>(Leech, 1893)</small> South China West China
:*Graphium sarpedon <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
::G. s. sarpedon <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> China, Hainan, Yunnan
:*Graphium eurypylus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
::G. e. cheronus <small>(Jordan, 1909)</small> South China, Yunnan, Hainan
:*Graphium chironides <small>(Honrath, 1884)</small>
::G. c. chironides <small>(Honrath, 1884)</small> Yunnan
:*Graphium doson <small>(C. & R. Felder, 1864)</small>
::G. d. axion <small>(C. & R. Felder, 1864)</small> China, Hainan
:*Graphium bathycles <small>(Zinken, 1831)</small>
:*Graphium leechi <small>(Rothschild, 1895)</small>
:*Graphium agamemnon <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
::G. a. agamemnon <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> Yunnan
:*Graphium antiphates <small>(Cramer, [1775])</small>
::G. a. antiphates <small>(Cramer, [1775])</small> Southeast China
::G. a. pompilius <small>(Fabricius, 1787)</small> Hainan, Yunnan
:*Graphium nomius <small>(Esper, 1799)</small>
::G. n. hainana <small>(Chou, 1994)</small> Hainan
:*Graphium agetes <small>(Westwood, 1843)</small>
::G. a. chinensis <small>(Chou & Li, 1994)</small> Yunnan
:*Graphium xenocles <small>(Doubleday, 1842)</small>
::G. x. xenoclides <small>(Fruhstorfer, 1902)</small> Hainan
:*Graphium eurous <small>(Leech, [1893])</small>
::G. e. panopaea <small>(de Nicéville, 1900)</small> West China
:*Graphium mandarinus <small>(Oberthür, 1879)</small>
:*Graphium alebion <small>(Gray, [1853])</small>
:*Graphium tamerlana <small>(Oberthür, 1876)</small>
::G. t. taliensis <small>(O. Bang-Haas, 1927)</small>
:*Graphium hoenei <small>(Mell, 1935)</small> Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Shaanxi, Sichuan
:*Graphium glycerion <small>(Gray, 1831)</small>
genus: Luehdorfia
:*Luehdorfia chinensis <small>Leech, 1893</small>
:*Luehdorfia japonica <small>Leech, 1889</small>
:*Luehdorfia puziloi <small>(Erschoff, 1872)</small>
::L. p. lenzeni <small>Bryk, 1938</small> China
::L. p. lingjangensis <small>Lee, 1982</small> China
genus: Papilio
:*Papilio machaon <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small>
::P. m. sikkimensis <small>Moore, 1884</small> Tibet
::P. m. centralis <small>Staudinger, 1886</small> Tian Shan
::P. m. montanus <small>Alphéraky, 1897</small> Sichuan, Gansu, Qinghai, Yunnan
::P. m. verityi <small>Fruhstorfer, 1907</small> Yunnan
::P. m. orientis <small>Verity, 1911</small> Amur
::P. m. oreinus <small>Sheljuzhko, 1919</small> Tian Shan
::P. m. taliensis <small>Eller, 1939</small> Yunnan
::P. m. kiyonobu <small>Morita, 1997</small> Tibet
::P. m. baijianensis <small>Huang & Murayama, 1992</small> Tian Shan
:*Papilio alexanor <small>Esper, 1800</small>
::P. a. voldemar <small>Kreuzberg, 1989</small> Tian Shan
:*Papilio xuthus <small>Linnaeus, 1767</small> Yunnan
:*Papilio polytes <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small>
::P. p. polytes China
::P. p. mandane <small>Rothschild, 1895</small> West China
::P. p. liujidongi <small>Huang, 2003</small> Yunnan
:*Papilio castor <small>Westwood, 1842</small>
::P. c. hamela <small>Crowley, 1900</small> Hainan
:*Papilio mahadeva <small>Moore, [1879]</small>
::P. m. choui <small>Li, 1994</small> Guangxi
:*Papilio helenus <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small>
::P. h. helenus <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> China
:*Papilio nephelus <small>Boisduval, 1836</small>
::P. n. chaon <small>Westwood, 1845</small> Yunnan
::P. n. chaonulus <small>Fruhstorfer, 1902</small> South China, Hainan
:*Papilio memnon <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small>
::P. m. agenor <small>Linnaeus, 1768</small> Yunnan
:*Papilio protenor <small>Cramer, [1775]</small>
::P. p. euprotenor <small>Fruhstorfer, 1908</small> South China
:*Papilio alcmenor <small>C. & R. Felder, [1864]</small>
::P. a. irene <small>Joicey & Talbot, 1921</small> Hainan
:*Papilio macilentus <small>Janson, 1877</small> East China
:*Papilio bootes <small>Westwood, 1842</small>
::P. b. nigricans <small>Rothschild, 1895</small> West China
::P. b. dealbatus <small>Rothschild, 1895</small> West China
::P. b. parcesquamata <small>Rosen, 1929</small> Yunnan
:*Papilio elwesi <small>Leech, 1889</small>
:*Papilio agestor <small>Gray, 1831</small>
::P. a. restricta <small>Leech, 1893</small> South China
::P. a. kuangtungensis <small>Mell, 1935</small> Guangxi, Guandong, Fujian, Zhejiang
:*Papilio epycides <small>Hewitson, 1864</small>
::P. e. horatius <small>Blanchard, 1871</small> Sichuan
::P. e. hypochra <small>Jordan, 1909</small> South Yunnan
::P. e. yamabuki <small>(Yoshino, 2008)</small> North Yunnan
:*Papilio slateri <small>Hewitson, 1859</small>
::P. s. hainanensis <small>(Chou, 1994)</small> Hainan
:*Papilio clytia <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small>
::P. c. panope <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> Hainan
:*Papilio paradoxa <small>(Zinken, 1831)</small>
::P. p. telearchus <small>(Hewitson, 1852)</small> Yunnan
:*Papilio paris <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small>
::P. p. paris <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> Southwest China
:*Papilio bianor <small>Cramer, 1777</small>
::P. b. bianor <small>Cramer, 1777</small> South China
::P. b. ganesa <small>Doubleday, 1842</small> Yunnan
:*Papilio maackii <small>Menetries, 1859</small>
::P. m. han <small>(Yoshino, 1997)</small> Fujian, Zhejiang, Sichuan
:*Papilio dialis <small>Leech, 1893</small> West China
:*Papilio krishna <small>Moore, 1857</small>
::P. k. charlesi <small>Fruhstorfer, 1902</small> West China
:*Papilio arcturus <small>Westwood, 1842</small> West China
::P. a. arcturulus <small>Fruhstorfer, 1902</small> Sichuan
:*Papilio polyctor <small>Boisduval, 1836</small>
::P. p. xiei <small>Chou, 1994</small> Yunnan
:*Papilio syfanius <small>Oberthür, 1886</small>
::P. s. syfanius North Yunnan
::P. s. albosyfanius <small>Shimogori & Fujioka, 1997</small> North Yunnan
::P. s. kongaensis <small>(Yoshino, 1997)</small> Sichuan
genus: Parnassius
For a fuller list of subspecies in this genus see
:*Parnassius apollo <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
::P. a. merzbacheri <small>Fruhstorfer, 1906</small> Tian Shan
:*Parnassius nomion <small>Fischer de Waldheim, 1823</small>
::P. n. liupinschani <small>Bang-Haas, 1934</small> Shaanxi
::P. n. epaphoides <small>Bryk & Eisner, 1937</small> Gansu
::P. n. badius <small>Bang-Haas, 1938</small> Gansu
:*Parnassius phoebus <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small>
::P. p. halasicus <small>Huang & Murayama, 1992</small>
:*Parnassius actius <small>(Eversmann, 1843)</small>
::P. a. minutus <small>Verity, 1911</small> Tian Shan
::P. a. ambrosius <small>Stichel, 1907</small> Tian Shan
::P. a. dubitabilis <small>Verity, 1911</small> Tian Shan
::P. a. actinoboloides <small>Bang-Haas, 1928</small> Gansu
:*Parnassius jacquemonti <small>Boisduval, 1836</small>
::P. j. variabilis <small>Stichel, 1906</small> Tian Shan
::P. j. tibetanus <small>Ruhl, 1892</small> Tibet
:*Parnassius tianschianicus <small>Oberthür, 1879</small>
::P. t. chimganus <small>Kreuzberg, 1989</small> Tian Shan
::P. t. astrictio <small>Ohya, 1987</small> Tian Shan
::P. t. thiseus <small>Ehrmann, 1920</small> Tian Shan
:*Parnassius epaphus <small>Oberthür, 1879</small>
::P. e. poeta <small>Oberthür, 1892</small>
::P. e. nanchaninca <small>Austaut, 1899</small> Nanchan
::P. e. phariensis <small>Avinoff, 1916</small> Tibet
::P. e. dongalaica <small>Tytler, 1926</small> Tibet
::P. e. subtilis <small>Bang-Haas, 1927</small>
:*Parnassius bremeri <small>Bremer, 1864</small> Heilongjiang, Shanxi, Hebei
:*Parnassius apollonius <small>(Eversmann, 1847)</small>
::P. a. gloriosus <small>Fruhstorfer, 1904</small> Tian Shan
::P. a. narynus <small>Fruhstorfer, 1908</small> Tian Shan
::P. a. poseidon <small>Bryk & Eisner, 1934</small> Tian Shan
:*Parnassius mnemosyne <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> Tian Shan
:*Parnassius stubbendorfi <small>Ménétriés, 1849</small>
::P. s. bodemeyeri <small>Bryk, 1914</small> Amur
::P. s. bronkampi <small>Bang-Haas, 1933</small> Gansu
:*Parnassius glacialis <small>Butler, 1866</small>
::P. g. nankingi <small>Bang-Haas, 1927</small> Nanjing
::P. g. sinicus <small>Bryk, 1932</small> Chang-Jong
::P. g. tajanus <small>Bryk, 1932</small>
::P. g. anachoreta <small>Bryk, 1936</small>
:*Parnassius felderi <small>Bremer, 1861</small>
:*Parnassius ariadne <small>(Lederer, 1853)</small>
::P. a. jiadengyuensis <small>Huang & Murayama, 1992</small> Xinjiang (Altai)
:*Parnassius orleans <small>Oberthür, 1890</small>
::P. o. johanna <small>Bryk, 1932</small> Shaanxi
::P. o. parthenos <small>Bryk, 1932</small> Sichuan
::P. o. lobnorica <small>Bryk, 1934</small> Lob Nor
::P. o. janseni <small>Bang-Haas, 1938</small> Minshan
::P. o. schneideri <small>Bang-Haas, 1938</small> Gansu
::P. o. lakshmi <small>Mikami, 1998</small>
:*Parnassius acco <small>Gray, [1853]</small>
::P. a. tagalangi <small>Bang-Haas, 1927</small> Tibet
::P. a. liliput <small>(Bryk, 1932)</small> Tibet
::P. a. gyanglaputsai <small>Huang, 1998</small> Tibet
:*Parnassius hannyngtoni <small>Avinoff, 1916</small> South Tibet
:*Parnassius przewalskii <small>Alphéraky, 1887</small>
:*Parnassius baileyi <small>South, 1913</small>
::P. p. liae <small>Huang & Murayama, 1989</small> West China
::P. b. baileyanus <small>(Bryk, 1932)</small> West China
::P. b. rothschildianus <small>Bryk, 1931</small> Sichuan
:*Parnassius labeyriei <small>Weiss & Michel</small> Qinghai
:*Parnassius schultei <small>Weiss & Michel, 1989</small> Tibet
:*Parnassius szechenyii <small>Frivaldszky, 1886</small>
::P. s. germanae <small>Austaut, 1906</small> Kangding
::P. s. lethe <small>Bryk & Eisner</small>
::P. s. frivaldszkyi <small>Bang-Haas, 1928</small> Gansu
::P. s. kansuensis <small>Bryk & Eisner, 1931</small> Gansu
::P. s. arnoldiana <small>(Bang-Haas, 1938)</small> Minshan
::P. s. luminosa <small>(Bang-Haas, 1938)</small> Qilian Shan
:*Parnassius cephalus <small>Grum-Grshimailo, 1891</small>
::P. c. elwesi <small>Leech, 1893</small> Tibet
::P. c. rileyanus <small>(Bryk, 1932)</small> Tibet
::P. c. irene <small>Bryk & Eisner</small> Qinghai
::P. c. eierhoffi <small>(Bang-Haas, 1938)</small> Gansu
::P. c. sengei <small>(Bang-Haas, 1938)</small> Minshan
::P. c. paimaensis <small>Yoshino, 1997</small> Yunnan
:*Parnassius choui <small>Huang & Shi, 1994</small>
:*Parnassius delphius <small>Eversmann, 1843</small>
:*Parnassius hide <small>Koiwaya, 1987</small>
:*Parnassius acdestis <small>Grum-Grshimailo, 1891</small>
::P. a. hades <small>(Bryk, 1932)</small> Tibet
::P. a. lathonius <small>Bryk</small> Tibet
::P. a. lux <small>(Eisner, 1969)</small> Tibet
::P. a. yanae <small>Huang, 1998</small> Xiagangjiang Mountains
:*Parnassius tenedius <small>Eversmann, 1851</small>
:*Parnassius simo <small>Gray, [1853]</small>
::P. s. hingstoni <small>(Bryk, 1932)</small> Tibet
::P. s. bainqenerdini <small>Huang, 1998</small> Xiagangjiang Mountains
:*Parnassius andreji <small>Eisner, 1930</small>
::P. a. eos <small>Bryk & Eisner, 1934</small> Gansu
::P. a. buddenbrocki <small>(Bang-Haas, 1938)</small> Minshan
::P. a. dirschi <small>Bang-Haas, 1938</small> Gansu
:*Parnassius charltonius <small>Gray, [1853]</small>
::P. c. basharianus <small>(Eisner, 1969)</small> Tibet
:*Parnassius loxias <small>Püngeler, 1901</small>
:*Parnassius imperator <small>Oberthür, 1883</small>
::P. i. augustus <small>Fruhstorfer, 1903</small> Nan Shan
::P. i. intermedius <small>Rothschild, 1909</small> Tibet
::P. i. irmae <small>(Bryk, 1932)</small> Tibet
::P. i. aino <small>(Bryk, 1932)</small> Yunnan
::P. i. evansi <small>(Bryk, 1932)</small> Tibet
::P. i. regulus <small>Bryk & Eisner, 1932</small> Nan Shan
::P. i. regina <small>Bryk & Eisner, 1932</small> Minshan
::P. i. dominus <small>Bang-Haas, 1934</small> Qinghai
::P. i. uxoria <small>Bang-Haas, 1935</small> Qinghai
genus: Sericinus
:*Sericinus montela <small>Gray, 1852</small>
genus: Teinopalpus
:*Teinopalpus aureus <small>Mell, 1923</small>
::T. a. wuyiensis <small>Lee, 1992</small>
::T. a. guangxiensis <small>Chou & Zhou, 1994</small> Guangxi, Mt. Dayaoshan
::T. a. hainanensis <small>Lee</small> Hainan
:*Teinopalpus imperialis <small>Hope, 1843</small>
::T. i. imperialis <small>Hope, 1843</small>
::T. i. behludinii <small>Pen, 1936</small> Sichuan
References
- Bauer, Erich and Thomas Frankenbach (1998). Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the world Part I (1), Papilionidae Papilionidae I: Papilio, Subgenus Achillides, Bhutanitis, Teinopalpus. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach. Keltern: Goecke & Evers; Canterbury: Hillside Books
- Chou, I0 (ed) 1994. Monographia Rhopalocerorum Sinensium (Monograph of Chinese Butterflies). Henan Scientific and Technological Publishing House, Zhengzhou. (in Chinese). . <small>Lists species plus new distribution records for China. New species descriptions are noted in English. Colour photographs of the species treated, with accompanying Chinese text.</small>
- Full list references.
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