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Issue: Vol. 5584 No. 3: 10 Feb. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-02-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5584.3.2
Page range: 339-352
Abstract views: 356
PDF downloaded: 120

Discovery of Papilio bianor Cramer, 1777 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) in the Central Ryukyus, Japan: inference of the dispersal pathway based on morphological and genetic analyses

Department of Global Agricultural Sciences; Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences; The University of Tokyo; Yayoi; Bunkyo-ku; Tokyo 113-8657; Japan.
Futao II; 125-1-103 Kawata; Uruma-shi; Okinawa 904-2232; Japan.
Department of Global Agricultural Sciences; Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences; The University of Tokyo; Yayoi; Bunkyo-ku; Tokyo 113-8657; Japan.; Futao II; 125-1-103 Kawata; Uruma-shi; Okinawa 904-2232; Japan.
The University Museum; The University of Tokyo; Hongo; Bunkyo-ku; Tokyo 113-0033; Japan.
The University Museum; The University of Tokyo; Hongo; Bunkyo-ku; Tokyo 113-0033; Japan.
Department of Global Agricultural Sciences; Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences; The University of Tokyo; Yayoi; Bunkyo-ku; Tokyo 113-8657; Japan.; The University Museum; The University of Tokyo; Hongo; Bunkyo-ku; Tokyo 113-0033; Japan.
Lepidoptera Achillides migrated butterfly molecular phylogeny NADH dehydrogenase subunit 5 (ND5) network analysis

Abstract

More than 120 species of migrated butterflies have been recorded in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Biogeographically, it is important to investigate the origins and characteristics of these species as they might establish populations after accidental migration. In August 2016, a Papilio (Achillides) butterfly was collected on Sesoko Island, approximately 600 m from Okinawa Main Island. Although Papilio (Achillides) ryukyuensis Fujioka is native to this area, the individual had different wing markings from this species. To identify the butterfly and infer its origin, both morphological and genetic analyses were conducted. Morphological analysis indicated that the identification was either Papilio bianor thrasymedes Fruhstorfer from Taiwan or Papilio bianor bianor Cramer from Mainland China. Subsequently, genetic analyses confirmed that the individual should be assigned as P. b. thrasymedes. This suggests that it was migrated from Taiwan, possibly influenced by Typhoon No. 10 of 2016.

 

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