Papilio polytes messius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Superphylum: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Mandibulata
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Papilionidae
Subfamilia: Papilioninae
Tribus: Papilionini
Genus: Papilio
Subgenus: Menelaides
Species: Papilio polytes
Subspecies: Papilio polytes messius

Name

Papilio polytes messius Fruhstorfer, 1909.

Type locality: Indonesia, Lombok (Sumbawa, Sumba, Tana-Djampea, Bonerate, Alor)

Typus: Holotype ?

Synonymy

  • Papilio polytes messius Fruhstorfer, 1909: 178
  • Papilio javanus messius Fruhstorfer, 1909; Condamine et al., 2023: Table 4 (p. 17/18). (Comb. nov.)
  • [?] Papilio theseus messius (Fruhstorfer, 1909); after Deshmukh et al., 2025: 3. [If interpret as implicit]

[Caution with similarly named Papilio demolion messius Fruhstorfer, 1908: 72]

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