Papilio niavius, Cramer, 1779: 71

Chainey, John E., 2005, The species of Papilionidae and Pieridae (Lepidoptera) described by Cramer and Stoll and their putative type material in the Natural History Museum in London, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 145 (3), pp. 283-337 : 306

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scientific name	Papilio niavius, Cramer, 1779: 71
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[ Papilio niavius, Cramer, 1779: 71 , pl.234, fig. A.

Guinée (A.Gevers), appears to be correctly identified and refers to Amauris niavius (Linnaeus, 1758) [ Danainae ].]

NIREUS LINNAEUS OF CRAMER, 1777 View in CoL , AND STOLL, 1782

Pap[ilio] Eq[ues] Achiv[us] nireus, Cramer, 1777: 137 View in CoL , 150, pl.187, figs A, B [original plate 158, figs A, A]. ‘Cte de Guinée, à la Sierra Leone’ [coast of Guinea, at Sierra Leone].

Pap[ilio] [ues] Achiv[us] nireus, Stoll : 1782 175, 251, pl.378, figs F, G [original plate 347, figs B, B]. Cape of Good Hope (loaned from E.F.Alberti).

Papilio Eques View in CoL Trojanus nireus, Stoll, 1782b: 2 [No. 30].

Material examined. No potential Cramer specimens located.

Identity. Original plate 158, figs A, A, shows Papilio (Druryia) n. nireus Linnaeus, 1758 ; original plate 347, figs B, B, shows Papilio (Druryia) nireus lyaeus Doubleday, 1845 .