The species of Papilionidae and Pieridae (Lepidoptera) described by Cramer and Stoll and their putative type material in the Natural History Museum in London
Author
Chainey, John E.
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Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2005
2005-11-30
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journal article
10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00184.x
0024-4082
5435090
MEROPE
CRAMER, 1777
Pap[ilio] Dan[aus] Cand[idus]
merope
Cramer, 1777: 87
, 149, pl.151, figs A, B [original plate 116, figs A, A] [junior primary homonym of
Papilio merope
Fabricius, 1775 (Satyrinae)
].
Java
and ‘Isle d’Amboine’ [both localities erroneous; actually West African] (Mr A.Gevers).
Pap[ilio] Eq[ues] Achiv[us]
merope
, Stoll, 1782: 174
, 250, pl.378, figs D, E [original plate 347, figs A, A].
Sierra Leone
(Baron Rengers)
Papilio Eques Achivus
merope
,
Stoll, 1782b: 3
[No. 41].
Material examined.
No potential Cramer/Stoll specimens located.
Current status.
Invalid junior subjective synonym of
Papilio (Princeps)
d.
dardanus
Brown, 1776
(
Ackery
et al
., 1995
).
MINOS
CRAMER, 1779
(
FIG. 17
)
Pap[ilio] Eq[ues] Troj[anus]
minos
Cramer, 1779: 4
, 175, pl.195, fig. A [original plate 164, fig. A]. ‘Indes Orientales, sur la Côte Occidentale de Sumatra’ [East Indies, on the west coast of Sumatra] [error; S.
India
] (Baron Rengers).
Rothschild (1895)
states that Cramer’s figure is that of a female with a male abdomen.
Papilio Eques
Trojanus minos
, Stoll, 1782: 2
[No. 4].
Material examined.
1 ♀
, ex
Felder
collection labelled ‘
Coll van der Capellen’
(
BMNH
(E)#665384), is a good match for original plate 164, fig. A, except that the abdomen is much duller than shown; the thorax is extensively damaged and has been re-pinned; the hindwings have been repaired and touched with paint; the female abdomen has been glued on but it is not possible to be sure if it is the original.
The
above female is sufficiently close to
Cramer’s
figure (and is a better match than most other specimens available in
BMNH
) that it could be the
type
specimen, if one accepts that Felder’s technician mislabelled it and that he may have also replaced the abdomen
.
Current status.
Valid species in
Troides
(s.s.)
(
Häuser
et al
., 2003
).