Subspecies Pachliopta polydorus queenslandicus (Rothschild, 1895)
Redbodied Swallowtail
- Papilio polydorus queenslandicus Rothschild, L.W. 1895. A revision of the Papilios of the eastern hemisphere, exclusive of Africa. Novitates Zoologicae 2(3): 167-463 pl. 6 [240].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 3♂ 3♀, Queensland and Thursday Is., QLD (designated in original description); BMNH 2♂
Comment: Rothschild in the original description listed three males and three females from Queensland and two males (from Thursday Is., QLD).
Generic Combinations
- Pachliopta polydorus queenslandicus (Rothschild, 1895). —
Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [257] - Atrophaneura polydorus queenslandicus (Rothschild, 1895). —
Edwards, E.D., Newland, J. & Regan, L. 2001. Lepidoptera: Hesperoidea, Papilionoidea. In Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 31.6. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. x 615 pp. [412] - Menelaides polydorus queenslandicus (Rothschild, 1895). —
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] [169] - Pachliopta polydorus queenslandicus (Rothschild, 1895).
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Hammond Island, Torres Strait (see Lane & Moulds 2015: 31)
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), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
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. [257] (as Pachliopta polydorus queenslandicus (Rothschild, 1895), biology)
Waterhouse, G.A. 1937. Presidential address: The biology and taxonomy of the Australasian butterflies. Report of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 23: 101-133 [also issued as a repaginated separate in 1938] [125]
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] [169] (as Menelaides polydorus queenslandicus (Rothschild, 1895), description, distribution)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Mar-2013 | 21-Jul-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) |