Sericinus

Sericinus is a genus of swallowtail butterflies placed in the subfamily Parnassiinae. The genus has a complex history and a multiplicity of names have been applied to its single species.

Sericinus montela, the dragon swallowtail, is the only species, making the genus monotypic. It is found in the Russian Far East, Korea, China and Japan.

Taxonomy

 * See Notes below for abbreviations used

Sericinus Westwood, 1851 (Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. NS I: 173), monobasic telamon Donovan (Sericinus Wood, 1877: Suicinus Draesecke, 1923) montela Gray, 1853.


 * Form strandi Bryk, 1913
 * Form telmona Gray 1852 gen. vern. (hoenei Bryk, 1932 )
 * Form telmononula Bryk
 * Form ruth Eisner, 1962
 * Form montela Gray, 1852 gen. aest.
 * Form cellopura Eisner, 1954
 * Form cellopurissima Eisner, 1954
 * Form elegantissima Eisner, 1954
 * Form flavomaculata Eisner, 1954
 * Form miniuscula Eisner, 1962
 * Form binaria Eisner, 1962
 * Form nigricans Eisner, 1962
 * Form eva Bryk and Eisner, 1935
 * Form absurdus Bryk, 1913 (West China, South Shandong, Lau shan, Tianjin)
 * Subspecies elegans Bryk, 1913 (leechi Rothschild, 1918 ) (West China)
 * Form  telmona Gray gen. vern.
 * Form elegans Bryk gen. aest.
 * Form strandi Bryk, 1913
 * Form leechi Rothschild, 1918
 * Form cressoni Reakirt
 * Subspecies anderssoni Bryk, 1941 (Central China: Hubei anderssoni Bryk, gen. aest.
 * Subspecies magnus Fruhstorfer, 1913 (South China: Jiangxi, Liujiang
 * Subspecies kansuensis Eisner, 1962 (China: Gansu (i.e., Kansu), Qinling, Sichuan)
 * Subspecies shantungensis Hering, 1935 (China: Shandong (i.e., Shantung))
 * Form cellopurissima Eisner, 1954
 * Form binaria Eisner, 1962
 * Form rubrocatenata Eisner, 1962
 * Form quadripicta Eisner, 1962
 * Form elegantissima Eisner, 1954