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
demnosia Freyer, 1831
Original Description
Zerynthia demnosia Freyer, 1831
Type specimen(s)
Status: Syntype(s)
Specimen data: ST (♂, ♀, ex coll. Büringer, coll. C. F. Freyer)
Current depository: ??
Type locality
Type locality as cited in original description: "in Litorale"
Taxonomic history
Originally described as Zerynthia demnosia Freyer, 1831
Synonymized with Papilio polyxena by Freyer (1833: 173-174, 1836: 156). Treated as a synonym of Thais hypsipyle Fabr. by Gray (1853:79), and listed as "Variety b". Treated as a synonym of Thais polyxena cassandra Hübner, 1827-1832 by Kirby (1871:516). Treated as a synonym of Zerynthia hypsipyle creusa (Meigen, 1829) by Hemming (1934:197).
Synonymized with Papilio polyxena by Freyer (1833: 173-174, 1836: 156). Treated as a synonym of Thais hypsipyle Fabr. by Gray (1853:79), and listed as "Variety b". Treated as a synonym of Thais polyxena cassandra Hübner, 1827-1832 by Kirby (1871:516). Treated as a synonym of Zerynthia hypsipyle creusa (Meigen, 1829) by Hemming (1934:197).