Papilionidae
Baroniinae
Papilioninae
Leptocircini
Papilionini
Chilasa
Meandrusa
Papilio
(Achillides)
(Druryia)
(Eleppone)
(Heraclides)
(Menelaides)
P. acheron
P. aegeus
P. albinus
P. alcmenor
P. alphenor
P. ambrax
P. amynthor
P. antonio
P. ascalaphus
P. bootes
P. bridgei
P. canopus
P. castor
P. deiphobus
P. demetrius
P. demolion
P. diophantus
P. dravidarum
P. erskinei
P. euchenor
P. forbesi
P. fuscus
P. gambrisius
P. gigon
P. godeffroyi
P. helenus
P. hipponous
P. hypsicles
P. hystaspes
P. inopinatus
P. iswara
P. iswaroides
P. janaka
P. jordani
P. lampsacus
P. liomedon
P. lowii
P. macilentus
P. mahadeva
P. mayo
P. memnon
agenor
androgeos
angustus
clathratus
duplex
falsus
heronus
imperiosus
laomedon
mela
memnoides
memnon
perlucidus
primigenius
pryeri
sericatus
subclathratus
vinius
yunnanensis
P. nephelus
P. noblei
P. oenomaus
P. phestus
P. polymnestor
P. polytes
P. prexaspes
P. protenor
P. rumanzovia
P. sataspes
P. schmeltzi
P. thaiwanus
P. tydeus
P. weymeri
P. woodfordi
(Papilio)
(Princeps)
(Pterourus)
(Sinoprinceps)
Teinopalpini
Troidini
Parnassiinae
Pieridae
Species
Papilio (Menelaides) memnon Linnaeus, 1758
agenor Linnaeus, 1758
Original Description
Papilio (Eques) agenor Linnaeus, 1758
Type specimen(s)
Status: Lectotype
Specimen data: LT (♀)
Additional information: "1♀ labelled "13. Agenor" [by Linnaeus], "Agenor 747" [by Smith] on a black sewing needle [typical of Osbeck specimens], here designated as LECTOTYPE" (Honey & Scoble 2001: 293)
Current depository: LSLO, London
Type locality
Type locality as cited in original description: "Asia"
Current country: China
Taxonomic history
Originally described as Papilio (Eques) agenor Linnaeus, 1758
Treated as a synonym of Papilio memnon Linn. by Boisduval (1836: 192), and by Gray (1853: 13). Treated as a species of Papilio Linn., 1767 by Kirby (1871: 552).
Treated as a synonym of Papilio memnon Linn. by Boisduval (1836: 192), and by Gray (1853: 13). Treated as a species of Papilio Linn., 1767 by Kirby (1871: 552).
Remarks
Lectotype designated by Honey & Scoble (2001: 293). "Linnaean material examined LSL: 1[f] labelled "13. Agenor" [by Linnaeus], "Agenor 747" [by Smith] on a black sewing needle [typical of Osbeck specimens], here designated as LECTOTYPE [see Remarks]; 1[f] labelled "no label" [by Tams]; 1[f] labelled "Agenor" [by Linnaeus], "Achates Fab. 4.9" [by Smith]. MLU: 1[f] labelled "Agenor" [by Aurivillius] on a black-edged label, [drawer labelled] "Agenor, Mus. Gust. Adolph." [by Thunberg], "Papilio Agenor f. typica [f], sec. Auriv." [by Aurivillius] on a red-edged label, "Uppsala Univ. Zool. Mus., Linnésamlingen nr. 1881, Papilio agenor". Subsequent material examined LSL: 1[f] labelled "Marsham 1797" [by Smith]; 1[f] labelled "China, M. of Rock[ingha]m.". Remarks. In 1764 Linnaeus gave the additional locality "China" and in 1767 he only listed "China". The species was listed as having been obtained in the vicinity of Canton by Osbeck (1765). In the LSL there are two specimens labelled by Linnaeus. The one labelled "13. Agenor", which fits the original description in that it is without tails and has white in the discal cell of the hindwing, has been selected as lectotype. It was also considered by Corbet (1949: 194) to be the type and matches the upper specimen figured by Clerck." (Honey & Scoble 2001: 293)