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
The white patch on the lower wings reduced to a small spot, or quite
absent. There are many varieties of this, showing very instructively how
such isolated forms of female as occur in the two preceding species may
have been produced by simple variation followed by a “natural selection”
of the forms best adapted to special conditions.
_Hab._ Philippine Islands (_B. M._)
65. PAPILIO NICANOR, Felder, ‘Voyage of the Novara,’ pl. ... f. _c_,
_d_.
_Male._ Upper side:—like _P. Alphenor_ ♂; but the band of white spots is
broader and more regular, and there is a row of four white submarginal
lunules.
Under side as in _P. Alphenor_; but the marginal spots of the upper
wings, and the submarginal lunules of the lower wings, are larger and
more distinct.
_Female_ quite tailless, like the male. Upper side:—like _P. Alphenor_
♀; but the rufous anal spots are much smaller, not forming an ocellus at
the anal angle, and they do not join the white central patch.
Under side, differs from _P. Alphenor_ in nearly the same manner as on
the upper side.
_Hab._ Batchian, Gilolo, Morty Island (_Wall._).
_Remarks._—The absence of tails in the female, and the white submarginal
lunules in the male, distinguish this at a glance from all its allies.
It has a comparatively restricted range, and is very constant in both
sexes. The plate sent me by Dr. Felder is not numbered.
66. PAPILIO HIPPONOUS, Felder[14].
Footnote 14:
Having obtained a specimen of this insect while these sheets are
passing through the press, I find that it should have been placed next
to _P. Severus_.
_P. Hipponous_, Feld. Lep. Nov. Philipp. p. 12; _P. Dironus_, B. M.
List (no description).
_Hab._ Luzon, Mindanao (Philippines).
67. PAPILIO AMBRAX, Boisduval.
_P. Ambrax_, Bd. Sp. Gén. Lép. p. 218; Voy. au Pôle Sud, Lép. t. 1. f.
3, 4 (♂); De Haan, Verh. Nat. Gesch. t. 7. f. 2 (♀). _P. Orophanes_,
Boisd. Sp. Gén. p. 275 (♀).
_Hab._ Mysol, Salwatty, Dorey (_Wall._).
_Remark._—I believe that two, if not three, well-marked forms or species
have been mixed up under the name of _P. Ambrax_, as I have endeavoured
to show by the references. My specimens of the two sexes of each show a
uniformity of character in each locality.
68. PAPILIO AMBRACIA, Wallace.
_P. Ambrax_, Bd.; De Haan, Verh. Nat. Gesch. t. 7. f. 1 (♂).
_Male._ Differs from _P. Ambrax_, Bd., by the ashy-white patch at the
apex of the anterior wings.
_Female._ Has a large, roundish, white patch on the anterior wings,
extending from the discoidal cell to the hinder angle. The red lunules
on the hind wings are smaller. Same size as _P. Ambrax_.
_Hab._ Waigiou (♂, ♀) (_Wall._).
69. PAPILIO EPIRUS, n. s.
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