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Harmonization of Concepts of Higher Classification of Papilionidae ] OURNAL OF THE LEPIDOPTERISTS' SOCIETY Volume 14 1960 Number 3 HARMONIZATION OF CONCEPTS OF HIGHER CLASSIFICATION OF THE PAPILIONIDJE by EUGENE MUNROE and PAUL R. EHRLICH Previous work carried out independently by us on the basis of largely different sets of characters (Ehrlich, 1958; Munroe, 1953, and in press) led to interpretations of papilionid classification that were in harmony in major outline, though they differed in several points. Consultation and joint examination of certain characters has permitted resolution of all the points of difference and of some points of uncertainty in our previous arrangements. The present paper can be considered a supple­ ment to and revision of our individual contributions on this subject. Our earlier classifications agreed in considering the BaroniimB, Parnassiinre and Papilioninre as subfamilies of Papilionidre, in considering the phyletic separation of Baroniinre as considerably antedating that of the Parnassiinre and Papilioninre, in considering the Zerynthia and Parnassius groups as not fundamentally distinct, and in associating Lamproptera with the Graphiini and Cressida and Euryades with the Parides complex. We differed mainly in that (1) EHRLICH classified Teinopalpus in a separate tribe of the Papilionill3~, whereas MUNROE placed this genus in the Graphiini; and (2) EHRLICH placed Battus and provisionally Troides and Ornithoptera in the Papilionini, whereas MUNROE placed them with Cressida, Euryades and Parides. Also, (3) although we are agreed that genera have been far too finely divided in recent work on several groups of butterflies, MUNROE divided the genera Parides and Graphium as understood by EHRLICH, who did not carry his work to the generic level. This division was based on genitalic and other characters. MUNROE attempted a more detailed phylogenetic classification than did EHRLICH, whose interests were in a broader field. Some points of major uncertainty remained, however, in MUNROE'S classification. The most important of these were: (1) the phylogenetic relationship of the 169 170 MUNROE & EHRLICH: Papilionid;e Vo1.l4: no.3 Parnassiime and the Troidini; (2) the relationship of the red-tuberculate Aristolochia-feeding larval type to the green, Lauracere-feeding type; and (3) the origin and internal phylogeny of the Papilionini. POINTS OF PREVIOUS DIFFERENCE The points of difference seem best resolved as follows:- (1) Teinopalpus appears to have real affinities wlith the most primi­ tive Graphiini, but it differs in the inflation of the frons and the associated hypertrophy of the palpus, in lacking sclerotized patagia, in having smaller tentorial crests, in the weak development of the cubito-vannal cross-vein, in the sexual dimorphism and specialization of the pattern and wing-shape, in the atypical wing-venation, and in the reduced antennal scaling. It appears to be a matter of individual preference whether the differences or the resemblances should be emphasized. Possibly the best solution is to recognize Teinopalpiti and Graphiiti as subtribes of Graphiini. Teinopalpus lacks the spine of the prodiscrimen, as do other Graphiini except Dabasa. The statement to the contrary in Ehrlich (1958) resulted from an error in proofreading. (2) Troides and Ornithoptera, as stated by MUNROE and hinted by EHRLICH, are typical members of the Cressida - Parides complex. The name Troidini is to be preferred over Cressidini for the union of the two tribes recognized by FORD, as names based on Troides are older in the literature and FORD's Troidini form by far the larger constituent of the combined group. Ornithoptera and Troides are undoubtedly derived from a common ancestor more like Troides than Ornithoptera, for Troides has no specialization of pattern or wing-shape that is not found or suggested in Ornithoptera, whereas Ornithoptera has greatly specialized pattern and strong sexual dimorphism and has lost the Parides-like sex-scaling on the anal margin of the hind wing, still evident in Troides, and has substituted a new set of sex-scaling on the upper surface of the fore wing. The retention of slight sclerotization of the patagia and the longer free course of Rl indicate a separation of the Troides-Ornithoptera complex from a position near or below the base of the present genus Parides, but this conclusion requires confirmation from examination of a wider range of species. Battus is far more widely different. The narrow spinasternum and the absence of definite sensory pits on the undler surface of the antenna indicate a separation of Battus from the remaining Troidini before the separation of the Cressida - Euryades and the Parides - Troides stocks. These four genera agree in having the two specializations, broad spinastemum and definite sensory pits. On the other hand, the detailed structurel correspondence of the Aristolochia-feeding, fleshy-tubercled 1960 Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 171 larva, of the arcuate, flanged pupa, and of the male genitalia indicates beyond possibility of coincidence the direct relationship of Battus with the other Troidini. Battus is, however, by far the most distinctive genus of the tribe, and it is probably best here also to recognize two subtribes, Battiti and Troiditi. (3) The generic separations advocated by Munroe appear to be reason­ ably founded. In the Troidini, Pachlioptera, comprising P. hector, aristolochi:e, polydorus and allies, is a compact group, certainly closely related to Parides and presumably derived from it, but differing in the radical character of near-abortion of the valves and pseuduncus and enlargement and sclerotization of the socii apparently to take over a clasping function. These differences are supported by minor differences in the structure of the female genitalia and in the larvre and the pupre. Cressida and Euryades are not closely related to Pachlioptera as assumed by FORD on the basis of an observation copied from TALBOT and based in the first place on misinterpretation by the latter of an external examina­ tion of the male genitalia. In the Craphiini, division of the New World Kite Swallowtails (Eurytides), which, like the related Old World genus Lamproptera, retain the uncus and socii as a composite structure, from the main group of Old World species (Graphium), in which the uncus is aborted, appears to be satisfactory and to define homogeneous groups. The three groups of Old World Kite Swallowtails that retain the free Rl that is characteristic of most Eurytides also all have peculiar genitalia. The Australian species leosthenes retains the uncus weakly as a finger­ like structure; MUNROE has proposed the genus Protographium for this species. Protographium is apparently a relict connecting link between the large genera Graphium and Eurytides. The payeni - evan group i!> very distinct in genitalia from Graphium; it resembles it in having lost the uncus, but has large horny socii, articulated firmly with the eighth tergite; it also differs from Graphium in the short cell and distorted discocellulars, in the weak sclerotization of the patagia and in having a small spine on the prodiscrimen, lacking in Graphiu,rn. This group forms a very distinct genus for which the name Dabasa is available. The European species podalirius, together with its Tibetan representative podalirinus, constitute the third group with free R1 • In this group the male genitalic structure is fundamentally similar to that of Graphium, but the valve is very simple and unusually elongate. The larva is unusual in appearance and food plant and has segmental red spots. This com­ bination of characters would support separation of these two species as the genus Iphiclides. This separation has the advantage of making Graphium homogeneous for anastomosis of Sc and R l . However, the separation is a weak one, and some students may prefer to unite these 172 MUNROE & EHRLICH: Papilionid;c Vo1.l4: no.3 two genera. To summarize, these separations represent either rather large phyletic cleavages (Eurytides, Graphium, Dabasa) or distinct and well-characterized side-lines or relics (Pachlioptera, lphiclides, Protographium). They are on a considerably coarser plane than the divisions currently fashionable in such groups as the Blues and Coppers. With the possible exception of the separation between lphiclides and Graphium, they should be retained. POINTS OF PREVIOUS UNCERTAINTY (1) Relationship of Troidini to Parnassiinx and to other Papilioninx. The key to this problem appears to be the cubito-vannal vein. This was previously considered by MUNROE to be a primitive character, but we now believe this interpretation to be erroneous. No similar vein is found in other families of butterflies, so far as our reading extends; it is certainly lacking in a variety of forms examined by us. No comparable vein is found in higher groups of moths, including Cossidre and Castniidre. The vein is also absent or rudimentary in the two other subfamilies of Papilionidre, Baroniinre and Parnassiinre. The nearest parallel we have found outside of Papilioninre is the sclerotized root of 1st V found in Limenitis and certain other Nymphalidre. It is possible that the vein present in Papilioninre is such a root stalked for a certain distance with Cu; alter­ natively it may be a I>tructure formed de novo. It is noteworthy that in Teinopalpus, which has perhaps the most primitive genitalia of any papilionine, the vein is weakly developed. At any rate it seems highly probable that this vein is an unusual specialization, characteristic of the Papilioninre, and that it indicates with great probability that this sub­ family is a natural and monophyletic group, as would be suggested by their considerable uniformity in wing-venation and palpal structure, and by the possibility of harmonizing the different larval and pupal types without undue stretching of the imagination. As the Graphiini have more primitive genitalia, legs and antennre than the Troidini, which resemble Parnassiinre mainly in the early stages and in the presence in certain species of a sphragis, we must conclude that the Troidini are derived from an ancestor which on the defining characters of scaled, legs, scaled antennre and free, complete male genitalia we would be forced to refer to the Graphiiti.
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