Species

Atrophaneura aidoneus (Doubleday, 1845)

    aidoneus Doubleday, 1845

Original Description

Papilio species aidoneus Doubleday, 1845

Type specimen(s)

Status: Holotype
Specimen data: HT (♂, coll. H. G. Harrington)
Current depository: BMNH, London ?

Type locality

Type locality as cited in original description: "Montibus Himalayis"
Current country: India; Nepal; Bhutan

Taxonomic history

Originally described as Papilio species aidoneus Doubleday, 1845
Treated as a species of Papilio by Gray (1853: 8). Treated as a species of Papilio Linn., 1767 by Kirby (1871: 553). Treated as a species of Papilio Linnaeus, 1758 by Rothschild (1895: 257). Treated as a species of Polydorus Swainson, 1833 by Talbot (1939: 72). Treated as a species of Parides Hübner, [1819] (Atrophaneura Reakirt, 1864) by Munroe (1961: 46). Treated as a species of Atrophaneura Reakirt, [1865] by Hancock (1983: 47), and by Bascombe (1995: 56).