On the phenomena of variation and geographical distribution as illustrated by the Papilionidæ of the Malayan regionWallace, Alfred Russel
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On the phenomena of variation and geographical distribution as illustrated by the Papilionidæ of the Malayan region
Wallace, Alfred Russel
Papilionidae -- Malaysia -- Geographical distribution; Papilionidae -- Malaysia -- Variation
_Above_: upper wings as in _P. Coon_, but the base darker. Lower wings
broader than in _P. Coon_; the white spot in the cell toothed below,
and divided by one or two faint blackish lines, cut off at the middle
of the cell by the black triangular basal patch. The marginal spot
next within the tail wanting; the two anal spots, end of abdomen, and
its rings (which are yellow in _P. Coon_) red; collar behind the eyes
and palpi (which are black in _P. Coon_) also red.
_Beneath_: base of lower wings broadly black; white spots all much
broader and rounder than in _P. Coon_; sides of the thorax, end of the
abdomen, and the marginal spots in the caudal and anal region red.
The female differs in a corresponding manner from _P. Coon_ ♀. Size
about the same.
_Hab._ Moulmein, Assam.
c. _Polydorus_ group.
24. PAPILIO POLYDORUS, Linnæus.
_P. Polydorus_, L.; Clerck, Icon. t. 33. f. 3. _P. Leobates_, Reinw.
Verh. Nat. Gesch. Zool. t. 6. f. 3 (♀).
_Hab._ Ceram, Matabello Island, Bouru, Batchian (♂, ♀) (_Wall._).
Local form or variety _a_.—The white markings on the fore wings forming
a patch below the cell; red spots on the hind wings nearer to the
posterior margin and that next the anal angle larger.
_Hab._ Ké Island, Aru Island (♂, ♀) (_Wall._).
25. PAPILIO LEODAMAS, n. s. Tab. V. fig. 2 (♂).
_P. Polydorus_, in Brit. Mus. List of Papilionidæ, p. 10.
_Male._ Above, glossy black, upper wings immaculate (the veins
pale-margined in the female). Lower wings with a rounded white spot
divided into six parts by fine nervures, of which the outermost and that
in the cell are sometimes reduced to points; marginal row of red spots
obscured with black, and but faintly indicated.
Beneath, the white patch has a small red spot attached to the part next
the anal angle; and the marginal row of six red spots are clearly
marked, that at the anal angle being twice the size of the rest. Wings
short, much rounded, scarcely or not at all produced in the caudal
region.
Expanse of wings 3¾ in. to 4 in.
_Hab._ New Guinea, Mysol (♂, ♀) (_Wall._), Rockingham Bay (Australia),
(_Brit. Mus._, ♀).
26. PAPILIO DIPHILUS, Esper.
_P. Diphilus_, Esp. Ausl. Schmett. t. 40. f. 1. P. _Polydorus_, Boisd.
Sp. Gén. Lép. p. 267; and most authors.
_Hab._ Java, Malacca (_Wall._), Philippine Islands, India.
_Remarks._—The specimens from Manilla are larger, and the females
paler-coloured, than those from other localities, all of which have
slight characteristic peculiarities; but they also vary in the
individuals from each locality, so that no perfect segregation of local
forms has yet taken place.
27. PAPILIO ANTIPHUS, Fabricius.
_P. Antiphus_, Fab. Syst. Ent. iii. 1. pp. 10–28; Boisd. Sp. Gén. Lép.
p. 266.
_Hab._ Sumatra, Borneo, Lombock, Java (_Wall._), Philippine Islands.
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