Subspecies Papilio (Princeps) fuscus capaneus Westwood, 1843

Capaneus Butterfly

Papilio capaneus 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] [15 pl. 52].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH Rh10961 ♀, Australia (in original description and has not been more closely defined)
Comment: Westwood in the original description illustrated two specimens, and these were in the Linnean Society and Entomological Society collections both of which went to the BMNH; Waterhouse (1936: 4) located a female marked as a type and gave accession number.
Type locality references:
Waterhouse, G.A. 1936. [unpublished personal manuscript of observations made at the BMNH (Papilionidae, Pieridae, Danainae)]. Photocopy located at ANIC, Canberra, ACT. 29 pp. [4] (quoted label data giving type information).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA

NSW, 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), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)