Papilionidae
Baroniinae
Papilioninae- Leptocircini
- Papilionini
- Chilasa
- Meandrusa
Papilio
(Achillides)- (Druryia)
- (Eleppone)
- (Heraclides)
- (Menelaides)
- (Papilio)
- P. alexanor
alexanor- destelensis
- eitschbergeri
- graecus
- hazarajatica
- judaeus
- maccabaeus
- orientalis
- polidamas
- polychaon
- radighierii
voldemar- P. brevicauda
- P. hospiton
- P. indra
- P. machaon
- P. polyxenes
- P. saharae
P. zelicaon - (Princeps)
- (Pterourus)
- (Sinoprinceps)
- Teinopalpini
- Troidini
- Parnassiinae
- Pieridae
Species
Papilio (Papilio) alexanor Esper, 1800
polidamas Prunner, 1798
Original Description
Pap.[ilio] polidamas Prunner, 1798
Type specimen(s)
Status: Syntype(s)
Specimen data: ST (IX.)
Additional information: Prunner probably received the species from the same collector as de Loche did: "Il me fut communiqué par Mr. le Comte de Lezzolo, et s'est trouvé aux environs de Lantosca dans le Comté de Nice, en septembre." (de Loche 1801: 140).
Current depository: ??
Type locality
Type locality as cited in original description: "Nice en Provence"
Current country: France: Alpes-Maritimes
Taxonomic history
Originally described as Pap.[ilio] polidamas Prunner, 1798
Treated [as "polydamas de Prunner"] as a synonym of Papilio alexanor Esper by Gray (1853: 37). Treated as a species of Papilio Linnaeus, 1758 by Rothschild (1895: 277).
Treated [as "polydamas de Prunner"] as a synonym of Papilio alexanor Esper by Gray (1853: 37). Treated as a species of Papilio Linnaeus, 1758 by Rothschild (1895: 277).
Remarks
Permanently invalid as a junior primary homonym of Papilio polydamas Linnaeus, 1758. The name alexanor Esper, 1800 has been proposed as an objective replacement name.