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Post by Adam Cotton on Oct 11, 2019 9:46:57 GMT -8
Yesterday my latest paper was finally published in Butterflies (journal of the Butterfly Society of Japan). Here is the abstract:
The syntypes of Papilio pompilius Fabricius, 1787 in the Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow, were examined and compared with populations from India, SE Asia and China. The taxon is shown to have originated from SE China and is thus a junior synonym of Papilio antiphates Cramer, 1775 (syn. nov.). The potential origin of the syntypes is considered, and Graphium antiphates nebulosus (Butler, 1881) is adopted as the valid subspecies name for populations from NE India to Indochina. An updated synonymic list of Graphium antiphates is presented.
It seems that everyone assumed that Fabricius' statement that the type specimens came from India was correct, and since they were far from London in Glasgow no-one actually checked.
The citation of the paper is
Cotton, A. M., Robinson, J. & Y. Inayoshi 2019. Taxonomic implications resulting from examination of the syntypes of Papilio pompilius Fabricius, 1787 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Butterflies 81: 48-55.
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Post by joachim on Oct 12, 2019 0:07:47 GMT -8
Hi, intestering, Can we download the paper somewhere???
regards Joachim
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Post by Adam Cotton on Oct 12, 2019 0:31:28 GMT -8
joachim, Not at the moment unfortunately. I currently only have a proof pdf, but after I receive a pdf of the actual published paper I can send one on request. Adam.
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Post by Adam Cotton on Oct 12, 2019 4:29:12 GMT -8
Here are photos of the syntypes of Papilio pompilius Fabricius, 1787 (copyright Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow): Graphium antiphates antiphates summer form male: Graphium antiphates nebulosus summer form male, Darjeeling: Graphium antiphates nebulosus summer form male, Sagaing, NW Burma: Adam.
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Post by eurytides on Oct 12, 2019 8:12:49 GMT -8
Hi Adam, third picture down, on the label it says “ex hcydou.” Is this a location or name?
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Post by Adam Cotton on Oct 12, 2019 9:19:32 GMT -8
I realise it isn't obvious, but "hcydou" was the username of an eBay Chinese insect seller. I think they have now changed to another username, but this is the lady called Cynthia who sells a lot of Chinese material on eBay.
I often put the name of the supplier of the specimen at the bottom of the data section on the label. Note how there is a gap between the country of origin and the supplier's name. I use the word 'ex' to indicate the specimen came from a supplier, rather than that person being the collector ('Xxx leg.') or the collection the specimen came from ('ex Coll. Xxx')
Many people and museums put the country name as the first line on the locality section, but I personally prefer to put it at the end of the data, with the precise locality (as precise as known) at the top. One advantage is that I can more easily see the country of origin without removing the label from the pin, or even without opening the lid.
Adam.
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