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
Local form _a_.—_Male_: border of posterior wings beneath narrow and of
an ashy-blue colour.
_Female_: near _P. Anceus_, Cr., and _P. Laomedon_, Cr., but of an
olive-ashy colour.
_Hab._ Borneo (_Wall._).
Local form _b_.—_Male_: band on under side of posterior wings ashy; the
spots large, with reddish-orange lunules between the two series, and
below the four outer ones.
_Hab._ Lombock (_Wall._).
_Remarks._—The difference between the male and the 2nd form of female is
so great, both in form and colouring, that they could not have been
imagined to be the same, had they not been bred from the same larvæ.
They have also been taken “_in copulâ_” by myself. Each form varies
considerably, both individually and locally; yet there are none
intermediate between the two. I consider them, therefore, as presenting
a fine instance of dimorphism; and I also believe that the second form
mimics _P. Coon_, for reasons which I have explained at p. 21.
44. PAPILIO ANDROGEUS, Cramer.
♂, _P. Androgeus_, Cr. Pap. Ex. t. 91. f. A, B.
♀, 1st dimorphic form, _P. Agenor_, L., Cr. Pap. Ex. t. 32. f. A, B.
♀, 2nd dimorphic form, _P. Achates_, Cr. Pap. Ex. t. 182. f. A, B; _P.
Alcanor_, Cr. Pap. Ex. t. 166, f. A.
_Hab._ Malacca (_Wall._), India.
_Remarks._—Ever since it was discovered that the insects figured by the
old authors as _P. Anceus_, _P. Agenor_, _P. Achates_, &c. were varying
females of _P. Memnon_ and _P. Androgeus_, the whole of these were very
naturally concluded to belong to one varying species. An examination of
many extensive collections, however, has convinced me that the
continental forms, on the one hand, and the insular ones, on the other,
can be readily distinguished, and really form two very well-marked
species. The red lunules at the anal region beneath characterize all
specimens from India (_Androgeus_, Cr.), while these are entirely absent
in all the insular specimens (_Memnon_, Cr.); and the same
characteristic difference can be traced in a greater or less degree
throughout all the infinitely varying female specimens. My specimen from
Malacca has a faint trace only on the upper surface of the
characteristic red mark at the base of the anterior wings; in other
respects it resembles the continental individuals. This form mimics the
Indian form of _P. Coon_ (_P. Doubledayi_, Wall.).
45. PAPILIO LAMPSACUS, Boisduval.
_P. Lampsacus_, Bd. Sp. Gén. Lép. p. 190; De Haan, Verh. Nat. Gesch.
p. 23, t. 2. f. 2.
_Hab._ Java (♂) (_Wall._).
46. PAPILIO PRIAPUS, Boisduval.
_P. Priapus_, Bd. Sp. Gén. Lép. p. 190; De Haan, Verh. Nat. Gesch. p.
23, t. 2. f. 1.
_Hab._ Java (_Boisd._), Sumatra (_Raffles_), Borneo (_De Haan_).
47. PAPILIO EMALTHION, Hübner.
♂, _Iliades Emalthion_, Hübn. Samml. Exot. ii. t. 117; _P. Emalthion_,
Boisd. Sp. Gén. Lép. p. 196; _P. Floridor_, Godt. Enc. Méthod. ix.
p. 809; _P. Kruscusterina_ in Eschsch. Voy. Kotzebue, t. 3. f. 5.
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