Papilionidae
Baroniinae
Papilioninae- Leptocircini
- Papilionini
- Chilasa
- Meandrusa
Papilio
(Achillides)- (Druryia)
- P. andronicus
- P. antimachus
- P. arnoldiana
- P. charopus
- P. chitondensis
- P. chrapkowskii
- P. chrapkowskoides
- P. cynorta
- P. cyproeofila
- P. desmondi
- P. echerioides
- P. epiphorbas
- P. fernandus
- P. filaprae
- P. fuelleborni
- P. gallienus
- P. hornimani
- P. interjectana
- P. jacksoni
- P. mackinnoni
- P. maesseni
- P. manlius
- P. mechowi
- P. mechowiana
- P. microps
- P. nireus
aelyus- erinus
- lyaeus
- nireoides
nireus- P. oribazus
- P. phorbanta
- P. plagiatus
- P. rex
- P. sosia
- P. thuraui
- P. ufipa
- P. zalmoxis
P. zenobia - (Eleppone)
- (Heraclides)
- (Menelaides)
- (Papilio)
- (Princeps)
- (Pterourus)
- (Sinoprinceps)
- Teinopalpini
- Troidini
- Parnassiinae
- Pieridae
Species
Papilio (Druryia) nireus Linnaeus, 1758
erinus Gray, [1853]
Original Description
Papilio species erinus Gray, [1853]
Type specimen(s)
Status: Syntype(s)
Specimen data: ST
Current depository: BMNH, London
Type locality
Type locality as cited in original description: "West Africa"
Current country: West Africa
Taxonomic history
Originally described as Papilio species erinus Gray, [1853]
Treated as a synonym of Papilio nireus Linnaeus, 1758 by Bridges (1988: I.99), and Ackery et al. (1995: 153).
Treated as a synonym of Papilio nireus Linnaeus, 1758 by Bridges (1988: I.99), and Ackery et al. (1995: 153).
Remarks
This name was introduced without a separate description, possibly unintentionally, in reference to published illustrations of Papilio nireus ("Cram. Pap. Ex. i. t. 187, f. A. B. [m]. Drury, Ins. ii. pl. 4. 4. f. 1. 2. pt., Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. i. p. 38. 106. [m]. Herbst, Pap. t. 37. f. 1. 2. [m]. pt., Godt. Encyc. Meth. ix. p. 48.67. pt., Boisd. Faune de Nadag. p. 16. pt., id. sp. Gen. Lep. i. p. 224. 42. E. Doubl. Gen. of d. lep. p. 13. 97.").