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The Swallowtails (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae, Papilioninae) of Papua Indonesia

by Jan Moonen

 

The subgroups of the antiphates species group

antiphates group I


fig. 1 left: Graphium agetes and right: G. stratiotes

Gr. (P.) agetes Westwood, 1843. Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Birma, China (Yunnan, Guangdong, Hainan), Thailand, Laos, Cambodja, Vietnam, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, N.Borneo

Gr. (P.) stratiotes Grose Smith, 1887. N.Borneo (Kinabalu, Sabah).

antiphates group II

fig.2 top left to right: Graphium nomius, G. aristeus, G. rhesus; bottom: G. androcles, G. dorcus

Gr. (P.) nomius Esper, 1793. Sri Lanka, India (Assam), Sikkim, Birma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Hainan

Gr. (P.) aristeus Cramer, 1782. N.India, Assam, Sikkim, Birma, Thailand, Laos, Hainan, Malay-Peninsula, Langkawi Is., Sumatra, Java, Bali, Sumba, Sumbawa,
Timor, Wetar, Damar, Kalao, Borneo, Palawan, Philippines, Ceram, Ambon, Buru, Halmahera, Bacan, Obi, Aru, Waigeu, N.Guinea, Queensland, New Britain, New Ireland, Manus

Gr. (P.) rhesus Boisduval, 1836. Sulawesi, Peleng, Butung, Sula Is., Saleier, Djampea, Tukan Besi Is. (Tomia)

Gr. (P.) dorcus de Haan, 1840 N. & C. Sulawesi

Gr. (P.) androcles Boisduval, 1836. Sulawesi, Butung, Peleng Is., Sula Is. (Taliabu, Mangoli)

antiphates group III

fig.3 top left to right: Graphium epaminondas, G. antiphates alcibiades, G. antiphates pompilius
bottom: G. euphrates euphrates, G. euphrates domaranus, G. decolor atratus, G. decolor neozebraica

Gr. (P.) epaminondas Oberthür, 1879. Andaman Is.

Gr. (P.) antiphates Cramer, 1775. Sri Lanka, S. India, Sikkim, Assam, Birma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodja, Vietnam, Hainan, S.E. China, Malay Peninsula, Langkawi Is., Tioman Is., Straits Settlements, Sumatra, Natuna Is., Nias, Mentawai Is., Borneo, Banggui, Java, Bali, Kalao, Djampea, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Alor, C. & S.Sulawesi

Gr. (P.) decolor Staudinger, 1888. Sabah, E. Borneo, Banggui, Philippines (Balabac, Palawan)

Gr. (P.) euphratoides Eimer, 1889 Philippines (Mindanao, Bazilan)

Gr. (P.) euphrates C.& R.Felder, 1862 Palawan, Philippines, Halmahera, Bacan, S. Sulawesi.

The broad dark border on the hindwings is found always in Gr. epaminondas, in Gr. antiphates only in ssp. alcibiades from S.India. In Gr. decolor and Gr. euphrates some subspecies have the broad (very) dark border. In Gr. euphratoides (not figured) it is absent.

Literature

Page, M. 1987. Notes on the classification of the antiphates-group of Graphium Scopoli, 1777. Papilio Int. 4(1-2): 227-250, 5 pls.