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
lyaeus Doubleday, 1845
Original Description
Papilio species lyaeus Doubleday, 1845
Type specimen(s)
Status: Syntype(s)
Specimen data: ST
Current depository: BMNH, London
Type locality
Type locality as cited in original description: "Africa Australiori [...] the Cape"
Current country: South Africa
Taxonomic history
Originally described as Papilio species lyaeus Doubleday, 1845
Treated as a synonym of Papilio nireus Linn. by Gray (1853: 25). Treated as a subspecies of Papilio (Druryia) nireus Linnaeus, 1758 by Bridges (1988: ii.53).
Treated as a synonym of Papilio nireus Linn. by Gray (1853: 25). Treated as a subspecies of Papilio (Druryia) nireus Linnaeus, 1758 by Bridges (1988: ii.53).