Papilio or Pterourus?

[Ken Kinman]

    This seems to be one of those classic cases of lumpers vs. splitters
that have see-sawed back and forth for a very long time.  But since
butterflies are so popular, these genus vs. subgenus tugs-of-war are
naturally more frequent.
    Caterino and Sperling, 1999 (Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution,
8:1-16) are among the lumpers.  Although I tend to be more of a lumper, I
would probably be more inclined to a slightly less lumped classification,
with Pterourus and Heraclides as separate genera (and Papilio as mostly an
Old World genus).
          ---- Ken
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>From: Gregory Zolnerowich <gzolnero at OZNET.KSU.EDU>
>Reply-To: Gregory Zolnerowich <gzolnero at OZNET.KSU.EDU>
>To: TAXACOM at USOBI.ORG
>Subject: Papilio or Pterourus?
>Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 09:47:42 -0500
>
>Hi folks,
>
>I've seen swallowtail butterflies like the tiger swallowtail, Papilio
>glaucus, also referred to as Pterourus glaucus, in recent literature
>and websites. Both genus names seem to be in use. Linnaeus authored
>Papilio in 1758, and Scopoli coined Pterourus in 1777.
>
>Can a lep expert point me a journal article where Pterourus was
>removed as a junior synonym of Papilio?
>
>Thanks mucho.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Greg Zolnerowich
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