Species

Papilio (Papilio) machaon Linnaeus, 1758

    bairdii Edwards , 1866

Original Description

Papilio bairdii Edwards , 1866

Type specimen(s)

Status: Neotype
Specimen data: NT
Additional information: "NT in CM, designated by F. M. Brown, Trans. American Ent. Soc., 101: 13-15 (1975)." (Miller & Brown, 1981: 62).
Current depository: CMNH, Pittsburgh

Type locality

Current country: United States

Taxonomic history

Originally described as Papilio bairdii Edwards , 1866
Treated [as "bairdi"] as a species of Papilio Linnaeus, 1758 by Munroe (1961: 43), and by Hancock (1983: 48). Treated as a species of Papilio Linnaeus, 1758 by Miller & Brown (1981: 62). Treated [as "bairdi"] as a species of Papilio (Papilio) by Collins & Morris (1985: 95). Treated as a subspecies of Papilio (Papilio) machaon Linnaeus, 1758 by Pelham (2008: 114).

Remarks

Original description not seen / checked! Previously often regarded as a separate species (e.g., Collins & Morris 1985:95, D'Almeida 1966:155, Hancock 1983, Miller & Brown 1981, Munroe 1961), but now generally treated as conspecific with P. machaon (D'Abrera 1990, Fujioka et al. 1997, Scott 1986, Sperling 1987, Tyler et al. 1994).