Papilio memnon Linnaeus, 1758

Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Papilionidae → subfamily Papilioninae → tribe Papilionini → genus Papilio → subgenus Princeps → species Papilio memnon
Species name(s)
Papilio (Princeps) memnon Linnaeus, 1758 = Papilio lowi = Papilio memnon memnoides Fruhstorfer, 1903 = Menelaides memnon = Papilio (Menelaides) memnon = Papilio androgeos Cramer, [1776 = Papilio laomedon Cramer, [1775 = Papilio agenor Linnaeus 1758 = Papilio angustus Chou; Yuan; Wang, 2000 = Papilio memnon memnoides Fruhstorfer , 1903 = Papilio memnon perlucidus Fruhstorfer , 1903 = Papilio memnon clathratus Rothschild, 1896 = Papilio memnon yunnanensis Chou; Yuan; Wang, 2000 = Papilio memnon subclathratus Fruhstorfer , 1903 = Papilio memnon imperiosus Fruhstorfer, 1907 = Papilio memnon sericatus Fruhstorfer, 1899 = Papilio memnon heronus Fruhstorfer, 1902 = Papilio memnon pryeri Rothschild, 1895.
Great Mormon
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Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Indo-Malayan.
Primary colors
Red, Brown/Gray/Black, White.

Detailed information with references
Synonyms and combinations
- Papilio lowi. [0]. Dmitriy Pozhogin.
Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Papilio memnon agenor Linnaeus, 1758: wingspan 1110-135 mm. Male is black and tailess. Female is polymorphic forms some with a tail some without tail. Those are as follows:
-female f. agenor Linnaeus, 1758
-female f. butlerianus Rothschild, 1895
-female f. esperi Buler, 1879
-female f. rhetenorina Jordan, 1909
-female f. distantianus Rothschild, 1895
-female f. alcanor Cramer, 1777 [144]. Svetlana Shchavelina.
Larva food plants
- Aegle marmelo, Atalantia monophylla, Citrus aurantifolia, Citrus hystrix, Citrus maxima, Citrus medica, Citrus reticulata, Clausena harmandiana, Glycosmic pentaphylla, Murraya koenigii, Toddalia asiatica, Zanthoxylum nitidum, Zanthoxylum limonella. [144]. Svetlana Shchavelina.
Subspecies Papilio memnon
- P. m. agenor Linnaeus, 1768.
- P. m. anceus Cramer, [1779].
- P. m. caeruleus van Eecke, 1914.
- P. m. clathratus Rothschild, 1896.
- P. m. coeruleus van Eecke.
- P. m. heronus Fruhstorfer, 1902.
- P. m. kalaomemnon Hachitani, 1987.
- P. m. lowii Druce, 1873.
- P. m. memnoides Fruhstorfer , 1903.
- P. m. memnon Linnaeus, 1758.
- P. m. merapu Doherty, 1891.
- P. m. oceani Doherty, 1891.
- P. m. perlucidus Fruhstorfer , 1903.
- P. m. pryeri Rothschild, 1895.
- P. m. sericatus Fruhstorfer, 1899.
- P. m. subclathratus Fruhstorfer , 1903.
- P. m. tanahsahi Eliot, 1982.
- P. m. thunbergi Siebold, 1824.
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Evgenie Bezgrebelnyj, Ianthe Marie Benliro. Text data: Dmitriy Pozhogin, Svetlana Shchavelina.
Main characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
Color characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
References
- [85] Lepidoptera.ru (Insecta.pro previous version / cтарая версия Insecta.pro)
- [144] Pisuth Ek-Amnuay "Butterflies of Thailand". 2nd Revised edition. Bangkok, 2012
- Dmitriy Pozhogin, personal communication
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