Species

Papilio (Menelaides) protenor Cramer, [1775]

    protenor Cramer, [1775]

Original Description

[Papilio] protenor Cramer, [1775]

Type specimen(s)

Status: Syntype(s)
Specimen data: ST
Current depository: ??

Type locality

Type locality as cited in original description: "Deze Chineesche Dag-Kapel [...] ce Papillon Chinois"
Current country: China

Taxonomic history

Originally described as [Papilio] protenor Cramer, [1775]
Treated as a species of Papilio by Boisduval (1836: 198). Treated as a species of Papilio Linn., 1767 by Kirby (1871: 552). Treated as a species of Papilio Linnaeus, 1758 by Talbot (1939: 141), and Munroe (1961: 43). Treated as a species of Princeps Hübner, [1807] (Menelaides Hübner, [1819]) by Hancock (1983: 48). Treated as a species of Papilio (Princeps) by Collins & Morris (1985: 96).