Subspecies Papilio (Princeps) fuscus canopus Westwood, 1842
Canopus Butterfly, Northern Citrus Butterfly
- Papilio canopus Westwood, J.O. 1842. Insectorum novorum centuria. Decadis quartae, ex ordine Lepidopterorum et genere Papilionis, Synopsis. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1 9: 36-39 [38].
Type data:
Syntype(s) OUM ♂, Melville Is., NT (designated in original description)
Comment: Westwood in the original description did not state the number of specimens described; Westwood, J.O. 1843. On the Australian Species of Papilio. Arcana Entomologica: or illustrations of new, rare and interesting insects. London : William Smith Vol. 2 pp. 81–82 [issued 1843, dated 1843–1845] [pl. 68] (figured both sexes and so probably described the species from several specimens); Waterhouse, G.A. 1936. [unpublished personal manuscript of observations made at the BMNH (Papilionidae, Pieridae, Danainae)]. Photocopy located at ANIC, Canberra, ACT. 29 pp. [5] (stated that a holotype male was present in the OUM).Type locality references:
Westwood, J.O. 1843. On the Australian Species of Papilio. Arcana Entomologica: or illustrations of new, rare and interesting insects. London : William Smith Vol. 2 pp. 81-82. [issued 1843, dated 1843–1845]; Waterhouse, G.A. 1936. [unpublished personal manuscript of observations made at the BMNH (Papilionidae, Pieridae, Danainae)]. Photocopy located at ANIC, Canberra, ACT. 29 pp.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Western Australia
IBRA
NT, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
- Western Australia: N coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore.
General References
Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1972. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xii 498 pp. 41 pls. [181] (as Papilio canopus canopus, biology)
Hancock, D.L. 1983. Phylogeny and relationships of the Papilio fuscus group of swallowtails (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 9(5): 63-70 [66] (as Papilio canopus)
Hancock, D.L. 1992. The Princeps fuscus complex (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 19(1): 1-8 [2] (status of canopus revised to subspecies of Papilio fuscus)
Rothschild, L.W. 1895. A revision of the Papilios of the eastern hemisphere, exclusive of Africa. Novitates Zoologicae 2(3): 167-463 pl. 6 [341] (as Papilio canopus)
Waterhouse, G.A. 1932. What Butterfly is That? A Guide to the Butterflies of Australia. Illustrated by Neville Cayley. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 291 pp. 34 pls. [Date published 15/Dec/1932] [35] (as Papilio fuscus canopus, 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] [126] (discussed relationship betwen fuscus and canopus)
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] [165] (as Papilio fuscus canopus, description, distribution)
History of changes
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| 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) |