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
l. _Erithonius_ group.
81. PAPILIO ERITHONIUS, Cramer.
_P. Erithonius_, Cr. Pap. Ex. t. 232. f. A, B.
_P. Epius_, Fabr.; Don. Ins. China, pl. 29. f. 2; Boisd. Sp. Gén. Lép.
p. 238.
_Hab._ India, China (_type_).
Local form _a_ (_Malayanus_).—The two spots on the lower margin of the
cell of the hind wings wanting; anal spots redder, and the ocellus at
the outer angle darker: two spots in cell of fore wings, as in the type;
but in Flores specimens these approach so as almost to unite.
_Hab._ Singapore, Flores (_Wall._), Manilla.
Local form _b_ (_Sthenelus_, Macleay).—A single large spot in the cell
of the fore wings; one small detached spot on the margin of the cell of
the hind wings.
_Hab._ Goram Island (_Wall._), Australia.
SECTION C.
m. _Paradoxa_ group.
82. PAPILIO PARADOXA, Zinken.
_Zelima Paradoxa_, Zink. Beitr. Ins. Java, t. 15. f. 9, 10.
_P. Paradoxa_, Westw. Cab. Or. Ent. pl. 9. f. 1, 1*.
_Hab._ Java (_Wall._).
Local form _a_.—_P. Paradoxa_, var., Hew. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 422,
pl. 67. f. 1 (♂), 2 (♀).
_Hab._ Borneo (_Wall._).
Local form _b_.—Smaller; intermediate in the markings between the Java
and Borneo forms; interior row of elongate marks on upper wings light
blue, not descending to the outer angle.
_Hab._ Sumatra (_Wall._).
Both sexes of this species closely resemble the corresponding sexes of
_Euplœa Midamus_, Cr., which is very common in all the above-mentioned
localities.
83. PAPILIO ÆNIGMA, n. s. Tab. VII. fig. 3 (♂).
Size, form, and markings nearly the same as in _P. Paradoxa_.
Above:—purplish black, without any gloss or silky reflexions; a
submarginal row of white spots on all the wings, more or less blue-edged
on the upper wings, sometimes partially obsolete on the lower ones; one
or two spots at the end of the cell, and a row of six or seven elongate
marks beyond it, bright blue.
Beneath, the submarginal row of white spots only.
_Female._—_P. Paradoxa_, var. A, Hewitson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859, p.
423, pl. 67. f. 3.
I put this as the female of the above with some hesitation, as it was
not captured in the same island. It agrees, however, in the entire
absence of gloss, and in the peculiar elongation of the outer angle of
the lower wings.
_Hab._ Malacca, Sumatra (♂); Borneo (♀) (_Wall._).
_Female variety?_—_P. Paradoxa_, var. B, Hewitson (Proc. Zool. Soc. pl.
66. f. 4), may be an extreme variation of this, but will more probably,
when the male is discovered, prove to be a distinct species.
84. PAPILIO CAUNUS, Westwood.
_P. Caunus_, Westw. Cab. Or. Ent. pl. 9. f. 2, 2*.
_Hab._ Sumatra, Borneo (♂, ♀) (_Wall._), Java (_Leyden Mus._).
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