Papilionidae
Baroniinae
Papilioninae
Parnassiinae
Luehdorfiini
Bhutanitis
Luehdorfia
Sericinus
Zerynthia
(Allancastria)
(Zerynthia)
Z. polyxena
aegidii
albanica
bosniensis
bryki
confluens
decastroi
demaculata
demnosia
diabolica
gracilis
hypermnestra
idaensis
latiaris
lativittata
linnea
macedonia
marpha
michaelis
nora
patrizii
petrii
polyxena
punctata
quincunx
reverdini
subalbida
thesto
thusnelda
tristis
vulgaris
xenia
Z. rumina
Parnassiini
Pieridae
Species
Zerynthia (Zerynthia) polyxena ([Denis & Schifferm
polyxena [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775
Original Description
P.[apilio] polyxena [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775
Type specimen(s)
Status: Syntype(s)
Specimen data: ST
Additional information: "Typenmaterial: durch Brand vernichtet." (Hesselbarth et al., 1995: 244). [Entire collection including all types destroyed by fire in 1848; see Kasy (1974)].
Current depository: [lost]
Type locality
Type locality as cited in original description: "Wienergegend"
Current country: Austria
Taxonomic history
Originally described as P.[apilio] polyxena [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775
Treated as a species of Thais Fabricius, 1807 by Kirby (1871: 515). Treated as a species of Parnalius Rafinesque, 1815 by Ackery (1975: 91). Treated as a species of Zerynthia Ochsenheimer, 1816 by Hancock (1983: 46), Lukhtanov & Lukhtanov (1994: 44), and Tuzov et al. (1997: 148). Treated as a species of Zerynthia Ochsenheimer, 1816 (Zerynthia Ochsenheimer, 1816) by Häuser (1993: 138), and Hesselbarth et al. (1995: 244).
Treated as a species of Thais Fabricius, 1807 by Kirby (1871: 515). Treated as a species of Parnalius Rafinesque, 1815 by Ackery (1975: 91). Treated as a species of Zerynthia Ochsenheimer, 1816 by Hancock (1983: 46), Lukhtanov & Lukhtanov (1994: 44), and Tuzov et al. (1997: 148). Treated as a species of Zerynthia Ochsenheimer, 1816 (Zerynthia Ochsenheimer, 1816) by Häuser (1993: 138), and Hesselbarth et al. (1995: 244).
Remarks
Name cited in synonymy: "P. Hypermnestra Scop.". Placed on the list of official names in zoology under opinion 1134 (ICZN, 1979).