Another Tiger Question

[Kenelm Philip]

	The form _arcticus_ was described by Skinner (1906) to apply
to the Alaska/Yukon members of the _Papilio glaucus/rutulus_ complex. I
do not have the OD at hand--it's possible that Skinner may have described
this as a form of _P. rutulus_. It would now be considered a western form
of _Pterourus canadensis_, and bears somewhat the same relation to eastern
_canadensis_ as _rutulus_ does to _glaucus_, as far as facies go. Hagen et
al (J. Lep. Soc 45: 245-258, 1992) see no reason to regard _arcticus_ as a
subspecies, however. They state that Fairbanks, AK specimens are clearly
good _canadensis_.

							Ken Philip
fnkwp at uaf.edu