Subspecies Graphium aristeus parmatum (Gray, 1853)
Fivebar Swordtail
- Papilio parmatus Gray, G.R. 1853. Catalogue of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Papilionidae. London : British Museum (Natural History) Part 1 iii 84 pp., 14 pls. [30 pl. 3 fig. 2].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Rh11080 ♂, Australia (designated in original description)
Comment: Gray in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; Gray, G.R. 1856. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part 1. Papilionidae. London : British Museum 106 pp. [41] (indicated that there was a single specimen in the BMNH); Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [254] (gave holotype information); Edwards, E.D., Newland, J. & Regan, L. 2001. Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea. In Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 31.6. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. x 615 pp. (Gray's indication of a single specimen accepted as evidence for a holotype).Type locality references:
Gray, G.R. 1856. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Papilionidae. London : British Museum (Natural History) Part 1 iii 106 pp.; Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp.; Edwards, E.D., Newland, J. & Regan, L. 2001. Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea. In Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 31.6. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. x 615 pp. - Papilio pherecrates Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1865. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera. Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Bd 2, Abtheilung 2, Heft 1. Wien : Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften pp. 1-136 pls 1-21. [issued 1865, dated 1864–1867] [56].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♂, Manokwari, Irian Jaya (as Dorey, in original description)
Comment: the Felders in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; originally in Felder collection, possibly in NHMW; Rothschild, L.W. 1895. A revision of the Papilios of the eastern hemisphere, exclusive of Africa. Novitates Zoologicae 2(3): 167–463 pl. 6 [419] (could not locate a type in the Felder collection although it was stated to be in the Felder collection in the original description).Type locality references:
Rothschild, L.W. 1895. A revision of the Papilios of the eastern hemisphere, exclusive of Africa. Novitates Zoologicae 2(3): 167-463 pl. 6. - Papilio aristeus parmatinus Fruhstorfer, H. 1909. Neue Papilioniden des indo-australischen Faunengebietes. Entomologische Zeitschrift 22(41): 169-171 [170].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown 10♂, Waigeo, Maluku, Indonesia (as Waigui in original description)
Comment: Fruhstorfer in the original description stated that he had 10 males in the Fruhstorfer collection.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Rothschild, L.W. 1895. A revision of the Papilios of the eastern hemisphere, exclusive of Africa. Novitates Zoologicae 2(3): 167-463 pl. 6 [419] (synonymy of parmatus, pherecrates and guineensis)
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Cape York to Rockhampton, QLD; extralimital distribution—Indonesia (Aru Islands, Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
- Indonesia
- Aru Islands
- Irian Jaya
- Papua New Guinea
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore.
General References
Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [242] (biology)
Hopkinson, M. & Hopkinson, A. 2007. A range extension for Graphium aristeus parmatum (Gray) (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) in northern Queensland. Australian Entomologist 34(3): 76 [76] (range extension to near Weipa, Cape York Peninsula)
Valentine, P.S. & Johnson, S.J. 1989. Observations on the life history of Graphium aristeus parmatum (Gray) (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 16(1): 17-20 [17] (biology)
Waterhouse, G.A. & Lyell, G. 1914. The Butterflies of Australia: a monograph of the Australian Rhopalocera introducing a complete scheme of structural classification, and giving descriptions and illustrations of all the butterflies found in Australia, including a number now recorded for the first time. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 239 pp. 38 pls + 3 unnumbered colour pls. [Date published 25 July 1914] [166] (description, distribution)
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