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
♀, 1st form, _P. Emalthion_, Cat. of Lep. Brit. Mus. pl. 5. f. 4.
♀, 2nd form, _P. Rumanzovia_, Eschsch. Voy. Kotz. t. 2. f. 4; _P.
Descombesi_, Boisd. Sp. Gén. p. 197; _P. Floridor_, ♀. Godt. Enc.
Méth. ii. p. 809.
_Hab._ Philippine Islands.
_Remarks._—I have no doubt whatever that we have here another case of
dimorphism, and I therefore unhesitatingly place these supposed species
under one name. The male of _P. Emalthion_ very closely resembles the
next species (_P. Deiphontes_), and the 2nd form of female (_P.
Rumanzovia_, Eschsch.) as closely resembles the female of the same
species; so that there can be no doubt that Godardt was right in
describing them as the sexes of his _P. Floridor_. The female figured in
the British Museum Catalogue is intermediate between these, but has more
of the characters of the male; and it is to be remarked that both these
forms of female have arrived in Europe accompanied by the same male. I
am therefore obliged to reduce by one the hitherto received species of
Philippine Papilios.
48. PAPILIO DEIPHONTES, n. s.
_P. Deiphobus_, var. A., Bd. Sp. Gén. Lép. p. 201.
♂. _Above_: exactly as in _P. Deiphobus_, but having a small tooth only
in place of the tail, and the posterior band of a clear ashy blue.
_Beneath_: with the markings as in _P. Emalthion_, except that the red
patch at the base of the upper wings is smaller.
♀. Also tailless, but resembling in markings the same sex of _P.
Deiphobus_, the pale patch on the upper wings not extending into the
discoidal cell.
Expanse of wings, ♂, 5½ inches; ♀, 5¾ inches.
_Hab._ Batchian, Gilolo, Ternate, Morty Isl. (_Wall._).
49. PAPILIO DEIPHOBUS, Linnæus.
_P. Deiphobus_, L., Cramer, Pap. Ex. t. 181. f. A, B; Donovan, Ins.
Ind. pl. 17. f. 2; Lucas, Lep. Ex. t. 11; Boisd. Sp. Gén. Lép. p.
200.
♀, _P. Alcandor_, Cr. Pap. Ex. t. 40. f. A, B.
_Hab._ Ceram, Amboyna, Bouru (_Wall._).
_Remark._—A simple variety of both this and the last species frequently
occurs, in which all the markings on the under side are ochre-yellow
instead of red.
50. PAPILIO ASCALAPHUS, Boisduval.
_P. Ascalaphus_, Bd. Sp. Gén. Lép. p. 200 (♂); De Haan, Verh. Nat.
Gesch. p. 26, t. 1. f. 2 (♀).
_Hab._ Menado, Macassar (Celebes), Sulla Isl. (_Wall._).
51. PAPILIO ŒNOMAUS, Godardt.
_P. Œnomaus_, Godt. Encyc. Méth. ix. p. 72; Boisd. Sp. Gén. Lép. p.
190; De Haan, Verh. Nat. Gesch. p. 24, t. 4. f. 1 (♂), 2 (♀).
_Hab._ Timor (♂, ♀) (_Wall._).
_Remark._—As has been already noticed (p. 22), the female of this
species closely resembles _P. Liris_ ♀, in company with which it was
captured.
g. _Helenus_ group.
52. PAPILIO SEVERUS, Cramer.
_P. Severus_, Cr. Pap. Ex. t. 227. f. A, B (♂), t. 278. f. A, B (♀);
Boisd. Sp. Gén. Lép. p. 212.
_Hab._ Bouru, Ceram, Amboyna, Gilolo, Batchian, Aru Isl. (_Wall._).
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