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
_Remark._—As all the other forms closely allied to _P. Ulysses_ have
received names (_Telemachus_, Montr., _Chaudoiri_, Feld., _Telegonus_,
Feld., and _Ulyssinus_, Westw.), I have also given one to this form
peculiar to New Guinea and the Papuan Islands, the distinctive
characters of which, though very slight, seem sufficiently constant.
33. PAPILIO TELEGONUS, Felder.
_P. Telegonus_, Feld. Lep. Fragm. p. 50.
_Hab._ Batchian, Gilolo (♂, ♀) (_Wall._).
_Remark._—A very distinct species, separated from _P. Ulysses_ by the
extent of the cottony patch on the upper wings, and by the different
form and colour of the blue markings.
34. PAPILIO TELEMACHUS, Montrouzier.
_P. Telemachus_, Mont. Ann. de la Soc. d’Agriculture de Lyon, 1856, p.
395.
_Hab._ Woodlark Isl. (S. E. of New Guinea).
_Remark._—This is a small species (exp. 4 in.), with less blue on the
lower wings.
e. _Peranthus_ group.
35. PAPILIO PERANTHUS, Fabricius.
_P. Peranthus_, Fab. Syst. Ent. iii. 1. p. 15; Don. Ins. China, pl.
26; Lucas, Lep. Ex. t. 12. f. 2; Boisd. Sp. Gén. Lép. p. 203.
_Hab._ Java, Lombock (_Wall._).
36. PAPILIO PERICLES, n. sp. Tab. VI. fig. 1 (♂).
Wings more elongate, and upper wings more pointed, than in _P.
Peranthus_.
_Above_: black, the basal half of a silvery blue, greenish towards the
base of the costa, and purplish on the outer margin, where on the lower
wings it shades off into separate scales. On the submedian and two lower
branches of the median nervure are elongate black cottony patches as in
_P. Ulysses_, the lower ones joined at the base, the upper one separate;
above these the outer margin is of a brown-black, with a few atoms of
yellow and blue scales towards the apex; the blue colour extends beyond
the discoidal cell of the upper wings in a line parallel with the outer
margin, on the lower wings it rounds away to the anal angle, and below
it are five submarginal lunules of blue atoms, the outer one almost
obsolete, and that next the tail largest and most deeply coloured.
Thorax and body green.
_Beneath_: as in _P. Peranthus_, but the posterior range of lunules
margined with brilliant blue and orange brown.
Expanse of wings 3½ inches.
_Hab._ Timor (♂) (_Wall._).
37. PAPILIO PHILIPPUS, Wallace. Tab. VI. fig. 3.
_P. Peranthus_, var. A, Boisd. Sp. Gén. Lép. p. 204.
_Above_: basal half of the wings of a rich green-blue, the rest black,
with a triangular patch at the apex of the uppers, formed of green atoms
situated between the nervures; on the lower wings six large submarginal
lunules, the lowest of which sends out some green atoms along the tail.
The black cottony spot is of a different form from that of _P.
Peranthus_, the separate patches being only joined in the middle, and
two of them extending along the nervures in a point nearly to the
discoidal cell.
_Beneath_: brilliantly marked with lunules of buff, black, and blue.
Expanse of wings 4½–5 inches.
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