Graphium from Japan?

[dertodesking]

Hi All,

Can anyone help me identify these Graphium from Japan?

I'm beginning to think a very faded pair of G. doson...they date from 1963 but would massively appreciate confirmation (or correct ID).

Thanks in advance

Simon

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[thanos]

2 males of Graphium doson albidum Wileman, 1903 .


Thanos

[dertodesking]

Thanks Thanos !

Simon

[Adam Cotton]

A slight correction to Thanos' reply is needed, as the authorship must be attributed to Nakahara (1930), not Wileman (1903).

Here's the explanation I wrote in the section on doson of Bozano's Guide to the Butterflies of the Palearctic Region, Papilionidae part 1 (Racheli & Cotton, 2009):

Wileman (1903) described albidus as a variety of Papilio mikado. It is clear from the original description that he was using albidus for individuals within the population, rather than as a separate subspecies, so the name must be considered infrasubspecific. Nakahara (1930), realised that mikado is a junior homonym, and used albidus as the valid subspecies name,
describing titipu to replace the form of the subspecies represented by Leech's type. The subspecies name albidus must therefore take Nakahara (1930) as author and date of publication. Several further replacement names for mikado have been proposed, and these must be regarded as junior synonyms of albidus Nakahara, 1930.

Adam.

[thanos]

Thank you Adam for the correction and this info.


Thanos

[dertodesking]

Adam,

Thanks for the confirmation and additional information

Simon