Papilionidae
Baroniinae
Papilioninae
Leptocircini
Papilionini
Chilasa
Meandrusa
Papilio
(Achillides)
(Druryia)
(Eleppone)
(Heraclides)
(Menelaides)
P. acheron
P. aegeus
P. albinus
P. alcmenor
P. alphenor
P. ambrax
P. amynthor
P. antonio
P. ascalaphus
P. bootes
P. bridgei
P. canopus
P. castor
P. deiphobus
P. demetrius
P. demolion
P. diophantus
P. dravidarum
P. erskinei
P. euchenor
P. forbesi
P. fuscus
P. gambrisius
P. gigon
P. godeffroyi
P. helenus
P. hipponous
P. hypsicles
P. hystaspes
P. inopinatus
P. iswara
P. iswaroides
P. janaka
P. jordani
P. lampsacus
P. liomedon
P. lowii
P. macilentus
P. mahadeva
P. mayo
P. memnon
agenor
androgeos
angustus
clathratus
duplex
falsus
heronus
imperiosus
laomedon
mela
memnoides
memnon
perlucidus
primigenius
pryeri
sericatus
subclathratus
vinius
yunnanensis
P. nephelus
P. noblei
P. oenomaus
P. phestus
P. polymnestor
P. polytes
P. prexaspes
P. protenor
P. rumanzovia
P. sataspes
P. schmeltzi
P. thaiwanus
P. tydeus
P. weymeri
P. woodfordi
(Papilio)
(Princeps)
(Pterourus)
(Sinoprinceps)
Teinopalpini
Troidini
Parnassiinae
Pieridae
Species
Papilio (Menelaides) memnon Linnaeus, 1758
mela Fruhstorfer , 1903
Original Description
Papilio memnon L. thunbergi Sieb. f. temp. [...] gen. vern. mela Fruhstorfer , 1903
Unavailable name: infrasubspecific name
Type specimen(s)
Status: Syntype(s)
Specimen data: 7 ST (5 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, coll. H. Fruhstorfer)
Current depository: BMNH, London ?
Type locality
Type locality as cited in original description: "Nagasaki, Kiu-Shiu, Japan"
Current country: Japan
Taxonomic history
Originally described as Papilio memnon L. thunbergi Sieb. f. temp. [...] gen. vern. mela Fruhstorfer , 1903