Papilionidae
Pieridae
Coliadinae
Abaeis- Anteos
- Aphrissa
- Catopsilia
- C. boisduvalii
- C. florella
- C. gorgophone
- C. grandidieri
- C. mabillei
- C. pomona
- C. pyranthe
alcyone- pyranthe
thisorella- C. scylla
C. thauruma- Colias
- Dercas
- Eurema
- Gandaca
- Gonepteryx
- Kricogonia
- Leucidia
- Nathalis
- Phoebis
- Prestonia
- Pyrisitia
- Rhabdodryas
- Teriocolias
- Zerene
- Dismorphiinae
- Pierinae
- Pseudopontiinae
Species
Catopsilia pyranthe (Linnaeus, 1758)
pyranthe Linnaeus, 1758
Original Description
Papilio (Danaus) pyranthe Linnaeus, 1758
Type specimen(s)
Status: Lectotype
Specimen data: LT (♂)
Additional information: "LSL: 1 ♂ labelled "66. Pyranthe" [by Linnaeus], "Pyranthe 763." [by Smith], here designated as LECTOTYPE" (Honey & Scoble 2001: 375).
Current depository: LSLO, London
Type locality
Type locality as cited in original description: "Asia"
Current country: China
Taxonomic history
Originally described as Papilio (Danaus) pyranthe Linnaeus, 1758
Treated as a species of Catopsilia Hübner, [1819] by Eliot (1978: 425). Treated as a species of Catopsilia by Treadaway (1995: 19). Treated as a species of Catopsilia Hübner, 1819 by Vane-Wright & de Jong (2003: 100).
Treated as a species of Catopsilia Hübner, [1819] by Eliot (1978: 425). Treated as a species of Catopsilia by Treadaway (1995: 19). Treated as a species of Catopsilia Hübner, 1819 by Vane-Wright & de Jong (2003: 100).
Remarks
Lectotype designated by Honey & Scoble (2001: 375). "Remarks. In 1767 Linnaeus cited the type locality as "Asia: China". The species is listed as having been purchased or caught in Canton by Osbeck (1765), which supports the statement of Corbet (1949: 198) that the type is in the Linnaean [LSL] collection and is from "China, Canton, [Osbeck]". We have selected the specimen labelled by Linnaeus as lectotype. There are two specimens in the Clerck Collection, one labelled "Pyranthe 66" by Clerck. Both are on needles so may have been collected by Osbeck, but there are other specimens on similar needles in the Clerck Collection that are not of Linnaean origin nor, indeed, of Linnaean species. The nominate subspecies is distributed across the Oriental region (e.g., Yata, 1981: 261), including in the region of Canton, the type locality." (Honey & Scoble 2001: 375)