Photo #21609: Papilio zagreus

31.03.2013 18:01, Vasiliy Feoktistov

Yeah, nothing better. According to the website taxonomy, this is P. zagreus chrysomelus.

31.03.2013 16:14, Peter Khramov

So what, leave it as it's now?

29.03.2013 8:28, Dmitriy Pozhogin

Afaik, they left neyi as a species and the rest were joined to P. zagreus.

28.03.2013 21:11, Alex Dumchus

I looked more on the web, found in biolib, they joined alcolius and bachus, whilst neyi was left as a different species. Whom to believe?

28.03.2013 21:06, Vasiliy Feoktistov

Check this: http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/pterourus_zagreus_chrysomelus_types.htm. What a mess...

28.03.2013 20:28, Alex Dumchus

What's with sources? Say these:
Pterourus bachus (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865) TL: Colombia

Pterourus bachus bachus (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865) TL: Colombia M T

Pterourus bachus chrysomelus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) TL: Peru; Bolivia M T S

Pterourus neyi (Niepelt, 1909) TL: Ecuador

Pterourus neyi neyi (Niepelt, 1909) TL: Ecuador M T

Pterourus neyi josianae Möhn, 2001 TL: Peru M T

Pterourus neyi bedoci (Le Cerf, 1925) TL: French Guiana

Pterourus zagreus (E. Doubleday, 1847) TL: Venezuela

Pterourus zagreus zagreus (E. Doubleday, 1847) TL: Venezuela M T

Pterourus zagreus batesi T. Racheli & L. Racheli, 1996 TL: Peru

Pterourus zagreus chrysoxanthus (Fruhstorfer, 1915) TL: Peru M T

Pterourus zagreus nigroapicalis Bollino & Sala, 1998 TL: Peru M T

Pterourus zagreus baueri Möhn, 2001 TL: Brazil (Am) M T

Pterourus ascolius (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1864) Orange Mimic-Swallowtail TL: Ecuador; Colombia

Pterourus ascolius zalates (Godman & Salvin, 1890) Costa Rica to C Panama M T S

Pterourus ascolius ascolius (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1864) N Colombia (S. Santa Marta to Magdalena V.) M T S L

Pterourus ascolius daguanus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) W Colombia (Choco) M T S

Pterourus ascolius rosenbergi (H. Druce, 1903) TL: Ecuador M T

28.03.2013 20:08, Vasiliy Feoktistov

Still Pterourus bachus isn't basically Papilio zagreus synonym, and chrysomelus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) is a subspecies. How come subspecies can be deemed as a species? With all that I moved it to P. zagreus.

28.03.2013 18:17, Alex Dumchus

Pterourus bachus chrysomelus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906). Those sources I checked didn't join this with zagreus. Also there was Pterourus ascolius (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1864) as a different species. If join them, then they should be combined with all the rest Pterourus neyi (Niepelt, 1909).