Papilionidae
Baroniinae
Papilioninae
Leptocircini
Papilionini
Chilasa
Meandrusa
Papilio
(Achillides)
(Druryia)
(Eleppone)
(Heraclides)
(Menelaides)
(Papilio)
P. alexanor
P. brevicauda
P. hospiton
P. indra
P. machaon
aestivus
alpherakyi
alpica
angulata
bairdii
bajorum
bimaculatus
centralis
chinensis
chitralensis
chrysostoma
cypria
emihippocrates
everesti
gorganus
hieromax
hippocrates
hispanicus
hookeri
impugnatus
intacta
joanae
kiyonobu
lapponica
machaon
melitensis
montanus
neochinensis
nolico
orientalis
orientis
pendjabensis
proximus
rinpoche
rustaveli
schantungensis
septentrionalis
sikkimensides
venchuanus
P. polyxenes
P. saharae
P. zelicaon
(Princeps)
(Pterourus)
(Sinoprinceps)
Teinopalpini
Troidini
Parnassiinae
Pieridae
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).
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).