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
_P. Antiphus_ ♀, De Haan, Verh. Nat. Gesch. p. 49, t. 8. f. 2; Brit.
Mus. List. Pap. p. 12.
_P. Polyphontes_ ♀, De Haan, Verh. Nat. Gesch. t. 8. f. 4.
_P. Melanides_, De Haan, Verh. Nat. Gesch. t. 8. f. 3 (♀).
Male like _P. Pammon_ ♂, but smaller, and the tail always reduced to a
projecting tooth.
_Hab._ Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Lombock, Timor (_Wall._).
Local form _a_. Much larger; more falcate wings; a broad short tail.
_Hab._ Macassar (_Wall._)
_1st form_ of female. Tab. II. fig. 2.
Like the male, but with a very slightly marked blue and red ocellus at
the anal angle. This is very rare in the islands. I found one specimen
only in Timor, which I took “_in copulâ_” with a male almost exactly
resembling it.
_2nd form_ of female (_P. Polyphontes_ ♀, De Haan). Tab. II. fig. 4.
Like the 2nd form of _P. Pammon_ ♀; but has the pale portion of the
anterior wing of a much lighter colour, and not extending so far towards
the base of the wing; the white spot on the hind wings is more rounded,
and has always a rather large portion within the cell. This form is to
some extent local, not existing, I believe, in Sumatra, where it is
replaced by the next.
_Hab._ Borneo, Java, Timor (_Wall._).
_3rd form_ of female (_P. Theseus_, Cr.; _P. Antiphus_ ♀, De Haan). Tab.
II. fig. 7.
This is well characterized by the entire absence of the white spot from
the hind wings. The red spots and lunules remain; but in some specimens
only those in the anal region are visible, and these have a very close
resemblance to _P. Antiphus_. This is also a local form, not occurring,
I believe, in company with the last.
_Hab._ Sumatra, Lombock (_Wall._).
_4th form_ of female (_P. Melanides_, De Haan, Verh. Nat. Gesch. t. 8.
f. 3).
I consider this to be an isolated modification of _P. Theseus_, Cr.,
peculiar to Borneo. It possesses all the characteristics of a female of
this species.
_Hab._ Banjarmassing (Borneo) (_Leyden Museum_).
N.B. The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th forms of ♀ are all tailed, as in the females
of _P. Pammon_.
64. PAPILIO ALPHENOR, Cramer.
_P. Alphenor_, Cr. Pap. Ex. t. 90. f. B (♀); Boisd. Sp. Gén. Lép. p.
274 (♂, ♀); _P. Ledebouria_, Eschsch. Voy. Kotz. t. 3. f. 7.
This is very closely allied to _P. Theseus_. The male is larger, has the
caudal tooth scarcely perceptible, and on the under side has white
instead of red marginal lunules. The female is tailed, much larger than
_P. Theseus_ ♀ form 2nd, from which it further differs by the white
patch on the hind wings having the red markings blended with it, and
more prominent.
_Hab._ Celebes, Bouru, Amboyna, Ceram (_Wall._), Philippine Islands.
_1st form_ of female (_P. Ledebouria_, Eschsch.).
Like the male, but with a brown tinge and an obscure anal lunule. This
has been noticed only in the Philippine Islands.
_2nd form_ of female (_P. Alphenor_, Cr.).
Distribution the same as the male.
_3rd form_ of female (_P. Elyros_, G. R. Gray, B. M. List Pap. p. 26).
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