Sericinus is a genus of swallowtail butterflies placed in the subfamily Parnassiinae. The genus has a complex history and a multiplicity of names have been applied to its single species.
Sericinus montela, the dragon swallowtail, is the only species, making the genus monotypic. It is found in the Russian Far East (south of Primorsky Krai), Korea, China and Japan.
Taxonomy
See Notes below for abbreviations used
Sericinus Westwood, 1851 (Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. NS I: 173), monobasic telamon Donovan (Sericinus Wood, 1877: Suicinus Draesecke, 1923) montela Gray, 1853.
- Subspecies manchurica <small>(Bang-Haas</small> (i.l.) <small>van Rosen, 1929</small> (North China: South Manchuria)
- Form roseni <small>Bryk, 1932</small> gen. vern.
- Form manschuricus <small>van Rosen</small> gen. aest.
- Form cellopura
- Form posterior exsubcostalis (!) <small>Eisner, 1974</small>
- Form binaria <small>Bryk</small>
- Form minusculus <small>Eisner, 1962</small>
- Form nigricans <small>Eisner, 1962</small>
- Form minima <small>Eisner, 1962</small>
- Subspecies amurensis <small>Staudinger, 1892</small> (East U.S.S.R., Amurland-Ussuri)
- Form telemachus <small>Staudinger, 1892</small> gen. vern.
- Form amurensis <small>Staudingers</small> gen. vest.
- Form minusculus <small>Eisner, 1962</small>
- Subspecies eisneri <small>Bryk 1932</small> North East Korea (probably amurensis) gen. vern. not described.
- Form eisneri <small>Bryk</small> gen. aest.
- Form binaria <small>Eisner, 1962</small>
- Form unaria <small>Eisner, 1962</small> !
- Subspecies koreana <small>Fixsen, 1887</small> (melanogramma <small>Bryk, 1846)</small> Korea
- Form fixseni <small>Staudinger, 1892</small> gen. vern.
- Form koreanus <small>Fix.</small> gen. aest.
- Form grayi <small>Fixsen, 1887</small>
- Form grundi <small>Eisner, 1962</small>
- Form binaria <small>Eisner, 1962</small>
- Form strandi <small>Bryk 1913</small>
- Form flavomaculata <small>Eisner, 1962</small>
- Form minusculus <small>Eisner, 1962</small>
- Form magna <small>Eisner</small>
- Form rubrocatenata <small>Eisner</small>
- Form posteriorsubmarginalisinterrupta (!) <small>Eisner, 1974</small>
- Subspecies montela <small>Gray, 1852</small> (telamon <small>Donovan, 1798</small>: hoenei <small>Hering</small>), (Central and North China - Beijing, Nanjing, Zhenjiang, Shanghai)
- Form strandi <small>Bryk, 1913</small>
- Form telmona <small>Gray 1852</small> gen. vern. (hoenei <small>Bryk, 1932</small>)
- Form telmononula <small>Bryk</small>
- Form ruth <small>Eisner, 1962</small>
- Form montela <small>Gray, 1852</small> gen. aest.
- Form cellopura <small>Eisner, 1954</small>
- Form cellopurissima <small>Eisner, 1954</small>
- Form elegantissima <small>Eisner, 1954</small>
- Form flavomaculata <small>Eisner, 1954</small>
- Form miniuscula <small>Eisner, 1962</small>
- Form binaria <small>Eisner, 1962</small>
- Form nigricans <small>Eisner, 1962</small>
- Form eva <small>Bryk and Eisner, 1935</small>
- Form absurdus <small>Bryk, 1913</small> (West China, South Shandong, Lau shan, Tianjin)
- Subspecies elegans <small>Bryk, 1913</small> (leechi <small>Rothschild, 1918</small>) (West China)
- Form telmona <small>Gray</small> gen. vern.
- Form elegans <small>Bryk</small> gen. aest.
- Form strandi <small>Bryk, 1913</small>
- Form leechi <small>Rothschild, 1918</small>
- Form cressoni <small>Reakirt</small>
- Subspecies anderssoni <small>Bryk, 1941</small> (Central China: Hubei anderssoni Bryk, gen. aest.
- Subspecies magnus <small>Fruhstorfer, 1913</small> (South China: Jiangxi, Liujiang
- Subspecies kansuensis <small>Eisner, 1962</small> (China: Gansu (i.e., Kansu), Qinling, Sichuan)
- Subspecies shantungensis <small>Hering, 1935</small> (China: Shandong (i.e., Shantung))
- Form cellopurissima <small>Eisner, 1954</small>
- Form binaria <small>Eisner, 1962</small>
- Form rubrocatenata <small>Eisner, 1962</small>
- Form quadripicta <small>Eisner, 1962</small>
- Form elegantissima <small>Eisner, 1954</small>
Notes
- monobasic = founded containing a single species, same as "monotypic" if no more species are added
- gen. vern. = vernalis, genetically determined spring generation
- gen. aest. = aestivus, genetically determined summer generation
- gen. vest. = genetically determined vestigial form
- (!) = nomen collectivum, a nomenclatural/descriptive term used by Curt Eisner in a taxonomic sense (infrasubspecific)
- i.l. = in litteris, correspondence, not published
References
- Bryk, F. (1913) Neue Parnassiiden-Formen aus dem Zoologischen Museum zu Berlin.Archiv für Naturgeschichte (A) 79 (3): 1-3; pl. 1 [partim].
- Bryk, F. (1932) Neue Zerynthiinae Parnassiana 2 (6-8): 102-104.
- Donovan, E. (1798) An Epitome of the natural History of the Insects of China.E. Donovan, London.
- Eisner, C. 1954 (Parnassiana nova): III. Einige neue Formen in der Familie der Parnassiidae Zoologische Mededelingen 33 (8): 55-57
- Eisner, C. (1962) Parnassiana nova XXXII. Nachträgliche Betrachtungen zu der Revision der Subfamilie Parnassiinae (Fortsetzung 5).Zoologische Mededelingen 38 (7): 105-128.
- Fixsen, C. (1887) Lepidoptera aus Korea .Mémoires sur les Lépidoptères 3: 233-356, pls 13-15, 1 map
- Gray, G. R. (1852) On the Species of the Genus Sericinus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1852: 70-73
- Hering, M. (1935) Neue Unterarten von Sericinus telamon (Donov.) Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift 29 (17): 193-195
- von Rosen, K. (1929). Papilio. In (A. Seitz ed.) The Macrolepidoptera of the World. The Palearctic Butterflies. Alfred Kernen. Stuttgart. Suppl. 1 : 7-20.
- Rothschild, [W.] (1918) Catalogue of Zerynthiinae and allied genera in the Tring Museum, with critical notes., Novitates Zoologicae 25: 64-75.
- Staudinger, O. (1892) Die Macrolepidopteren des Amurgebietes. I. Theil. Rhopalocera, Sphinges, Bombyces, Sphinges Mémoires sur les Lépidoptères 6: 83-658
- Ackery, P.R., 1975. A guide to the genera and species of Parnassiinae (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 31: 71-105, plates 1-15.pdf
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