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
_Remarks._—My specimens have less white on the lower wings than is
represented in Mr. Westwood’s figure. The female is of a brownish
colour, with the same white markings as the male, but without any blue
tinge. This species is very like _Euplœa Rhadamanthus_, one of the most
common butterflies in all the above-mentioned localities. It is
undistinguishable from that insect on the wing, though it flies very
slowly, like the species it mimics.
85. PAPILIO ASTINA, Westwood.
_P. Astina_, Westw. Cab. Or. Ent. pl. 9. f. 3.
_Hab._ Java (_Brit. Mus. ex Coll. Horsf._).
86. PAPILIO HEWITSONII, Westwood.
_P. Hewitsonii_, Westw. Proc. Ent. Soc. 1864, p. 10.
_P. Slateri_ ♀, Hew. Ex. Butt. Pap. pl. 4. f. 9; _P. Cammu_, B. M.
List of Papilionidæ (no description).
_Hab._ Borneo (♂) (_Wall._).
_Remarks._—The last two species should probably form a distinct group,
on account of the peculiar elongation of the cell of the lower wings.
They both resemble dark species of _Euplœa_. _P. Slateri_ is a quite
distinct species from North India, to which Mr. Hewitson referred the
present species as the female. All the specimens known of both species
are, however, males.
n. _Dissimilis_ group.
87. PAPILIO ECHIDNA, De Haan.
_P. Echidna_, De Haan, Verh. Nat. Gesch. p. 42, t. 8. f. 6; _Clytia
dissimilis_, Sw. Zool. Ill. 2nd ser. pl. 120; _P. dissimilis_, var.,
Brit. Mus. List of Papilionidæ.
_Hab._ Timor (♂, ♀) (_Wall._).
_Remarks._—This species has been confounded with _P. dissimilis_, from
which it is very distinct, by the absence of the yellow marginal band
beneath. It is also widely separated geographically from that species,
which inhabits the continent of India only. The sexes are alike, as they
are in _P. dissimilis_. _P. Panope_, L., which has been supposed to be
its female, is a very distinct species, of which also both sexes exist
in most collections.
88. PAPILIO PALEPHATES, Westwood.
_P. Palephates_, Westw. Arc. Ent. pl. 79. f. 1; _P. dissimilis_, var.
_b_, Brit. Mus. List of Papilionidæ.
_Hab._ Philippine Islands.
SECTION D.
o. _Macareus_ group.
89. PAPILIO VEIOVIS, Hewitson.
_P. Veiovis_, Hew. Ex. Butt. Pap. pl. 7. f. 20 (♂).
_Hab._ Menado (Celebes) (“_Coll. Hewitson._”).
_Remark._—This fine new species has been recently received from Menado,
and seems best placed in this group, near _P. Encelades_.
90. PAPILIO ENCELADES, Boisduval.
_P. Encelades_, Bd. Sp. Gén. Lép. p. 376; Hewitson, Ex. Butt. Pap. pl.
4. f. 10 (♂).
_Hab._ Macassar (Celebes) (_Wall._).
91. PAPILIO DEUCALION, Boisduval.
_P. Deucalion_, Bd. Sp. Gén. Lép. p. 375; Hewitson, Ex. Butt. Pap. pl.
4. f. 11 (♀).
_Hab._ Macassar, Menado (Celebes) (_Wall._).
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