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Papilionidae 77a0377 – 4171   Heraclides ponceana (Schaus, 1911)

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Distribution: Type Locality: "Miami Florida" [Miami-Dade County] Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: • Papilio aristodemus Esper, 1794 • Papilio cresphontinus Martyn, 1797 • Papilio daphnis Gray, [1853] • Papilio ponceana Schaus, 1911 • Papilio driophilus Clench, 1979 Taxonomic Notes: Heraclides ponceana (Schaus, 1911), formerly in the genus Papilio, is elevated from subspecies of 4171 Heraclides aristodemus (Esper, 1794) to full species status in Zhang et al. (2020), Tax. Rep. Int. Lepid. Surv. 8(7): 6. "True" aristodemus Esper is extralimital north of Mexico.

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at the Butterflies of America Zhang, J., Q. Cong, J. Shen, P.A. Opler, N.V. Grishin, 2020. Genomic evidence suggests further changes of butterfly names. Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey, 8(7): 1-41.

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