Papilionidae
Baroniinae
Papilioninae
Leptocircini
Eurytides
Graphium
Iphiclides
Lamproptera
Mimoides
Protesilaus
Protographium
P. agesilaus
P. anaxilaus
P. asius
P. calliste
P. celadon
P. dioxippus
P. epidaus
P. leosthenes
P. leucaspis
P. marcellinus
P. marcellus
ajax
marcellus
P. philolaus
P. thyastes
P. zonaria
Papilionini
Teinopalpini
Troidini
Parnassiinae
Pieridae
Species
Protographium marcellus (Cramer, [1777])
ajax Linnaeus, 1758
Original Description
Papilio (Eques) ajax Linnaeus, 1758
Type specimen(s)
Status: Lectotype
Specimen data: LT (♂)
Additional information: "1♂ in LSLO, London, labelled "Ajax" [by Linnaeus], "Xuthus 751" [by Smith] is the lectotype of xuthus Linnaeus" (Honey & Scoble 2001: 293).
Current depository: LSLO, London
Type locality
Type locality as cited in original description: "America boreali"
Current country: North America
Taxonomic history
Originally described as Papilio (Eques) ajax Linnaeus, 1758
Treated as a species of Papilio by Gray (1853: 33). Treated as a species of Papilio Linn., 1767 by Kirby (1871: 558). Treated as a synonym (objectively invalid name, suppresed by ICZN) of Eurytides marcellus (Cramer, [1777]) by Miller & Brown (1981: 60). Treated as a synonym (objectively invalid name, suppresed by ICZN) of Protographium marcellus (Cramer, 1777) by Tyler et al. (1994: 30).
Treated as a species of Papilio by Gray (1853: 33). Treated as a species of Papilio Linn., 1767 by Kirby (1871: 558). Treated as a synonym (objectively invalid name, suppresed by ICZN) of Eurytides marcellus (Cramer, [1777]) by Miller & Brown (1981: 60). Treated as a synonym (objectively invalid name, suppresed by ICZN) of Protographium marcellus (Cramer, 1777) by Tyler et al. (1994: 30).
Remarks
Placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Specific Names in Zoology (ICZN, 1954: Opinion 286). See also under Papilio xuthus Linnaeus, 1767.