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Species Papilio (Princeps) fuscus Goeze, 1779

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Species Papilio (Princeps) fuscus Goeze, 1779

Fuscous Swallowtail

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Extralimital distribution—Indonesia (Irian Jaya, Maluku), Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Oriental Region.


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 and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: SE coastal
    • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
    • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
    • Western Australia: N coastal
  • Indonesia
    • Irian Jaya
    • Maluku
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Solomon Islands

Oriental Region

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Citrus limon (L.) Burm.f. [RUTACEAE] Lemon; Citrus aurantifolia Swingle [RUTACEAE] Lime; Micromelum minutum (G.Forst.) Wight & Arn. [RUTACEAE] Limeberry; Citrus aurantium L. [RUTACEAE] Orange; Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck [RUTACEAE] Orange; Halfordia kendack (Montrouz.) Guillaumin [RUTACEAE] Saffron Heart; Zanthoxylum ailanthoides Sieb. & Zacc. [RUTACEAE]; Zanthoxylum brachyachanthum F.Muell. [RUTACEAE]; Zanthoxylum nitidum (Roxb.) DC. [RUTACEAE]; Zanthoxylum sp. [RUTACEAE]; Bosistoa medicinalis (F.Muell.) T.G.Hartley [RUTACEAE]; Citrus garrawayae F.M.Bailey [RUTACEAE]; Geijera parviflora Lindl. [RUTACEAE]; Glycosmis trifoliata Spreng. [RUTACEAE]; Citrus inodorus F.M.Bailey [RUTACEAE]; Citrus australasica F.Muell. [RUTACEAE]; Citrus reticulata Blanco [RUTACEAE]; Murraya koenigii Spreng. [RUTACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Introduced plants include Citrus aurantium, C. aurantifolia, C. limon, C. reticulata, C. sinensis, Murraya koenigii, Zanthoxylum ailanthoides (Rutaceae).

 

Details of nominate subspecies, not present in Australia

Papilio (Princeps) fuscus fuscus Goeze, 1779

Papilio fuscus Goeze, J.A.E. 1779. Entomologische Beyträge zu des Ritter Linne zwölften Ausgabe des Natursystems. Leipzig : Weidmanns Erben und Reich Vol. 3(1) 40 390 pp. [87] [description based on Seba's illustrations of upper and lower sides of an unstated (probably one) number of female specimens, Seba, A. 1765. Description Exacte des Principales Curiositez Naturelles du Magnifique Cabinet d'Albert Seba Order: Locupletissimi Rerum Naturalium Thesauri Accurata Descriptio et Iconibus Artificiosissimis Expressio per Universam Physices Historiam. Amsterdam : H.C. Arksteum et H. Merkum et Petrum Schouten 4 pp. pl. 43 figs 1–2 (pl. 43, figs 1–2)].
Type data: holotype (probable) whereabouts unknown ♀*; Goeze did not indicate the number of specimens used by Seba for his illustration.
Type locality: Maluku, Indonesia (Goeze gave no indication of a type locality), see Rothschild, L.W. 1895. A revision of the Papilios of the eastern hemisphere, exclusive of Africa. Novitates Zoologicae 2(3): 167–463 pl. 6 [293] (fixed the type locality as Moluccas, discussed Seba's figures and the status of Papilio fuscus Goeze, 1779).

 

General References

Goeze, J.A.E. 1779. Entomologische Beyträge zu des Ritter Linne zwölften Ausgabe des Natursystems. Leipzig : Weidmanns Erben und Reich Vol. 3(1) 40 390 pp. [87] (described fuscus on p. 87 and cinereomaculatus on p. 88; priority was given to fuscus by Rothschild (1895))

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
07-Mar-2024 PAPILIONOIDEA 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED Dr Michael Braby
04-Feb-2023 PAPILIONOIDEA 22-Dec-2023 MODIFIED Dr Michael Braby (ANU)
13-May-2022 PAPILIONOIDEA 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED Dr Michael Braby
26-Feb-2021 PAPILIONOIDEA 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED Dr Michael Braby
04-Jun-2020 PAPILIONOIDEA 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED Dr Michael Braby
04-Jun-2020 PAPILIONIDAE Latreille, 1802 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
06-Sep-2017 PAPILIONOIDEA 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
05-Mar-2013 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
30-Mar-2012 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
28-Mar-2012 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
28-Mar-2012 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED