Evaluation of the Taxonomic Status of Eurytides marcellus form “floridensis” (W. Holland, 1898) (Papilionoidea, Papilioninae, Leptocircini)

Authors

Harry Pavulaan, International Lepidoptera SurveyFollow

Date of this Version

3-22-2021

Document Type

Article

Citation

Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey (March 22, 2021) 9(1): 1-12

Also available at https://lepsurvey.carolinanature.com/ttr/ttr-9-1.pdf

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ZooBank registration: https://zoobank.org/References/43AC7666-360C-481F-81C4-1A94F94FDA0C

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to firmly identify subspecific authorship of the name floridensis for the Floridian population of Eurytides marcellus (Cramer, 1779), which I recognize as a distinct, though slightly differentiated, subspecies ranging north and west along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coastal regions. Though the name has been in historical use by multiple authors since description by William J. Holland (1898), it has not been readily evident which, if any, published work to date clearly and validly elevated the name to subspecific rank. The name “floridensis” is not preoccupied by any other members of the butterfly family Papilionidae. I determine the authorship to be floridensis Klots (1951).