Papilio (machaon?) bairdii / brucei

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Papilio (machaon?) bairdii / brucei

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Is there a form of bairdii that is yellow, referred to as brucei or do we have two different beasts?
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All of these are Papilio bairdii:
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Note the black circle in the red anal 'eye' is connected to the margin, not centred in the red eye.

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Thanks Adam!
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Recent DNA analysis of genus Papilio, on which I am a co-author and has recently been submitted for publication, shows that Papilio bairdii is a separate species to the Palaearctic P. machaon. I wasn't going to mention details until after publication, and will inform Insectnet readers about other interesting changes in the genus when the paper is eventually published. I decided in this instance that there is no harm in confirming the status of Papilio bairdii since it has been treated as a separate species before.

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adamcotton wrote: Tue Dec 06, 2022 10:29 am Recent DNA analysis of genus Papilio, on which I am a co-author and has recently been submitted for publication, shows that Papilio bairdii is a separate species to the Palaearctic P. machaon. I wasn't going to mention details until after publication, and will inform Insectnet readers about other interesting changes in the genus when the paper is eventually published. I decided in this instance that there is no harm in confirming the status of Papilio bairdii since it has been treated as a separate species before.

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That's very kind of you Adam to mention. I very much look forward in due course to reading the paper.
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