Subspecies Papilio (Princeps) fuscus indicatus Butler, 1876
- Papilio indicatus Butler, A.G. 1876. On a collection of Lepidoptera from Port Moresby, New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 18: 240-249 [248].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 76-44, Rh 10959 ♀, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH ♀
Comment: Butler in the original description indicated that he had two females.Type locality references:
Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [264] (recorded that the type is labelled Port Moresby, New Guinea). - Papilio yorkeanus Fruhstorfer, H. 1899. Neue asiatische Lepidopteren. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 44(1–2): 49-64 pl. 2 fig. 14 [60] [described as a form of Papilio capaneus Westwood, 1843].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown 5♂ 3♀, Cape York, QLD (designated in original description)
Comment: Fruhstorfer in the original description mentioned five males and three females. - Papilio yorkiana Fruhstorfer, H. 1900. [description of Papilio yorkiana Fruhstorfer, 1900] Sitzung von 26 Januar. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 45(8): 1-38 [8].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown sex unknown, North Australia was given in original description (Cape York implied in name)
Comment: Fruhstorfer in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described. - Papilio fuscus oitylus Fruhstorfer, H. 1916. Rhopaloceren aus Holländisch-Neu-Guinea. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 81(11[1915] A): 61-78 2 pls [74].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♂ ♀, Yule Is, Papua New Guinea (in original description)
Comment: Fruhstorfer indicated in the original description that he had both sexes. - Papilio fuscus pyrgoteles Fruhstorfer, H. 1916. Rhopaloceren aus Holländisch-Neu-Guinea. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 81(11[1915] A): 61-78 2 pls [74].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♂, Misima Is., Louisiade Archipelago, Papua New Guinea (as St Aignan in original description)
Comment: Fruhstorfer in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Hancock, D.L. 1992. The Princeps fuscus complex (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 19(1): 1-8 [3]
- Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [264]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Hammond Island, Torres Strait (see Lane & Moulds 2015: 31). Extralimital distribution—Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea.
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
- Indonesia
- Irian Jaya
- Papua New Guinea
Distribution References
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. [250] (description, distribution)
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 indicatus, discussed geographical variations, similarity to Papilio fuscus capaneus, descriptions, distribution)
History of changes
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