Papilio (Princeps) xuthus (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae)
Specimen not available for photography; Voucher at Cornell University.
Locality: Japan: Tokyo; leg. M. Taguchi.
DNA number FS-a-238, CU Lot No. 1204.
Specimen used in studies by:
Reed, R.D. and Sperling, F.A., 1999. Interaction of process partitions in phylogenetic analysis: an example from the swallowtail butterfly genus Papilio. Mol. Biol. Evol. 16 (2), 286-297 (1999).
MS Caterino, RD Reed, MM Kuo and FAH Sperling, 2001. A partitioned likelihood analysis of swallowtail butterfly Phylogeny (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Systematic Biology 50 (2001): 106-127).
EV Zakharov, MS Caterino and FAH Sperling, 2004. Molecular phylogeny, historical biogeography, and divergence time estimates for swallowtail butterflies of the genus Papilio (lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Systematic Biology 53 (2004): 193-215.
EV Zakharov, CR Smith, DC Lees, A Cameron, RI Vane-Wright and FAH Sperling, 2004. Independent gene phylogenies and morphology demonstrate a Malagasy origin for a wide-ranging group of swallowtail butterflies. Evolution 58 (2004): 2763-2782.
GenBank Accession Numbers for COI-COII AF043999, EF1a AF044838, and wingless AY569123.
Caterino, M.S. and Sperling, F.A. 1999. Papilio phylogeny based on mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I and II genes. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 11 (1), 122-137 (1999).