Subspecies Ornithoptera priamus macalpinei Moulds, 1974
- Ornithoptera priamus macalpinei Moulds, M.S. 1974. A new subspecies of Ornithoptera priamus (Lepidoptera Papilionidae) from North Queensland. Australian Entomological Magazine 2(2): 28-34 [28].
Type data:
Holotype AM ♂ (Moulds designated a holotype), Claudie River, Cape York Peninsula, QLD (designated in original description).
Paratype(s) AM 5♂ 2♀; ANIC 2♂ 2♀; QM 1♂ 1♀; NMV T.14476-T.14477 1♂ 1♀; SAMA 1♀; BMNH 1♂ 1♀; EUQ 4♂ 7♀; DPC 1♂ 3♀; WPC 4♂ 5♀; MSMC 2♂ 5♀; IGM 2♂ 3♀; MPC 12♂ 1♀; AMAL 1♂ 1♀; GPC 1♂ 3♀; JDC 9♂ 10♀
Comment: The NMV web site listed two females.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Occurs from Iron Range to Stewart River, Cape York Peninsula, QLD.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: NE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Aristolochia chalmersii O.C.Schmidt [ARISTOLOCHIACEAE]; Aristolochia tagala Cham. [ARISTOLOCHIACEAE]).
General References
Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [260] (biology)
Haugum, J. & Low, A.M. 1979. A Monograph of the Birdwing Butterflies. The systematics of Ornithoptera, Troides and related genera. Ornithoptera (Ornithoptera). Klampenborg, Denmark : Scandinavian Science Press Vol. 1(2) 85-192 pp. [Date published 1-Apr-79] [142] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Mar-2013 | 02-Jan-2015 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2012 | 30-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 28-Mar-2012 | 28-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 28-Mar-2012 | 05-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |