Taxonomic Swap 125136 (Committed on 2023-04-03)

"In subgenus Pterourus, Tyler et al. (1994) placed Papilio victorinus Doubleday, 1844 from Mexico within Pterourus menatius (Hübner, [1819]), but we consider this Central American taxon as specifically distinct from the South American Papilio menatius (Owens et al. 2017, 2020), and we reinstate Papilio victorinus Doubleday, 1844 as a separate species (stat. rev.). "

Papilio (Pterourus) victorinus Doubleday, 1844 (stat. rev.):

Papilio victorinus victorinus Doubleday, 1844
Papilio victorinus morelius Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 (stat. rev.)
Papilio victorinus vulneratus Butler, 1872 (stat. rev.)

Condamine, F. L., Allio, R., Reboud, E. L., Dupuis, J. R., Toussaint, E. F., Mazet, N., Hu, S., Lewis, D. S., Kunte, K., Cotton, A. M., & Sperling, F. a. H. (2023). A comprehensive phylogeny and revised taxonomy illuminate the origin and diversification of the global radiation of Papilio (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 183, 107758. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107758

A comprehensive phylogeny and revised... (Citation)
Added by michaelgarcia_bio on April 1, 2023 04:42 PM | Committed by michaelgarcia_bio on April 3, 2023
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It is necessary to include this subspecies from western Mexico, it is interesting because an article was recently published in Mexico about this subspecies where they cataloged it again as another species, very different from the P. victorinus that the article you added talks about, the same article mentions that the species P. victorinus is distributed further south in Central America, giving way to the species from Mexico being mentioned.

Pyrrhosticta morelius (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) (stat. rev.)

Pyrrhosticta morelius morelius (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) (rev. stat.) Distributed from Michoacán, Guerrero, Morelos and Oaxaca.

Pyrrhosticta morelius Segregated from northwestern Mexico. Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco, Zacatecas. @michaelgarcia_bio

Posted by aleturkmen about 1 year ago

Oh amazing, Papilios have always generated debate about their phylogeny, every time they are included and excluded at the species level with grounds. This time Condamine et al. went a step further to understand it, the molecular analyses are quite solid. I would like to read the article you mention where P. victorinus is considered at species level.

Posted by michaelgarcia_bio about 1 year ago

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