Bibliography for Papilionini

• Aurivillius, P.O.C. 1881. Om en samling fjärilar från Gaboon. Entomologisk Tidskrift 2: 38-47
• Aurivillius, P.O.C. 1899. Rhopalocera aethiopica. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 31(5): 3-561 pls 1-6 [dated 1898]
• Barrett, C. & Burns, A.N. 1951. Butterflies of Australia and New Guinea. Melbourne : N.H. Seward x 187 pp.
• Boisduval, J.B.A.D. de 1832. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par Ordre du Roi, Pendant les Années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le Commandement de M.J. Dumont D'Urville. Faune entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le Voyage. Part 1. Lépidoptères. Paris : J. Tastu iv, 267 pp. [publication date: Sherborn, C.D. & Woodward, B.B. 1901. Dates of publication of the zoological and botanical portions of some French voyages. Dumont d'Urville's Voyage de l'Astrolabe. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 8: 333 [333]]
• Butler, A.G 1870. Lepidoptera Exotica, or Descriptions and Illustrations of Exotic Lepidoptera. London : E.W. Janson Vol. 1(3) 17-24 pp., pls 7-9. [Date published January 1870]
• Butler, A.G. 1869. Descriptions of two new butterflies from Queensland. The Entomologist 4: 347-348
• Butler, A.G. 1876. On a collection of Lepidoptera from Port Moresby, New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 18: 240-249
• Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1972. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xii 498 pp. 41 pls.
• Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls.
• Corbet, A.S. 1941. The Linnaean names of Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. Pts 1, 2. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London B 10: 8-27
• Corbet, A.S. 1942. The Linnaean names of Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. Pt 3. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London B 11: 91-94
• Corbet, A.S. 1949. The Linnaean names of Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. Pt 7. Summary of determinations. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London B 18: 191-199
• Donovan, E. 1805. An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite, and other Islands in the Indian, Southern, and Pacific Oceans: including Figures and Descriptions of One Hundred and Fifty-three Species of the more Splendid, Beautiful, and Interesting Insects, hitherto Discovered in those Countries, and which for the most Part have not appeared in the Works of any Preceding Author. London : Rivington iv + [167] pp. + [41] pls. [Date published January]
• Edwards, E.D. 1996. Papilionidae. pp. 237-239, 357-358, in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM.
• Edwards, E.D., Newland, J. & Regan, L. 2001. Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea. In Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 31.6. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. x 615 pp.
• Edwards, E.O. 1956. The foodplants of the chequered swallowtail, Papilio demoleus sthenelus Macleay, 1826 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 1954–55: 63-64
• Evans, W.H. 1912. A list of Indian butterflies. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 21(3): 969-1008
• Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1864. Species Lepidopterorum hucusque descriptae vel iconibus expressae in seriem systematicam digestae. Pars prima. Papilionidae. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 14: 289-378
• Fisher, R.H. 1978. Butterflies of South Australia (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea). Adelaide : South Australian Government. Handbooks Series 272 pp.
• Fruhstorfer, H. 1898. Neue Papilioformen aus dem Indo-malayischen Peloponnes. Entomologische Zeitschrift 11(24): 189-191
• Fruhstorfer, H. 1899. Neue asiatische Lepidopteren. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 44(1–2): 49-64 pl. 2 fig. 14
• Fruhstorfer, H. 1900. [description of Papilio yorkiana Fruhstorfer, 1900] Sitzung von 26 Januar. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 45(8): 1-38
• Fruhstorfer, H. 1901. Neue und seltene Lepidopteren aus Annam und Tonkin und dem malayischen Archipel. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 14: 265-276, pl. v
• Fruhstorfer, H. 1916. Rhopaloceren aus Holländisch-Neu-Guinea. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 81(11[1915] A): 61-78 2 pls
• 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.
• Grose-Smith, H. 1897. Descriptions of new species of butterflies from the Pacific Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 19: 172-180
• Guérin-Méneville, F.E. 1830. pl. 2. In, Duperrey, L.I. (ed.). Voyage Autour du Monde, sur la Corvette de sa Majesté, La Coquille, Pendant les Années 1822–1825. Atlas, Insectes. Paris : Arthus Bertrand, Libraire. [Date published 25/Nov/1830] [publication date 25 November 1830 Cowan, C.F. 1970. The insects of the Coquille voyage. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 5(5): 358–360 [359]]
• Hancock, D.L. 1979. The systematic position of Papilio anactus Macleay (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 6(3): 49-53
• Hancock, D.L. 1983. Princeps aegeus (Donovan) and its allies (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae): systematics phylogeny and biogeography. Australian Journal of Zoology 31(5): 771-797
• Hancock, D.L. 1983. Classification of the Papilionidae (Lepidoptera): a phylogenetic approach. Smithersia 2: 1-48
• Hancock, D.L. 1983. Phylogeny and relationships of the Papilio fuscus group of swallowtails (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 9(5): 63-70
• Hancock, D.L. 1992. The Princeps fuscus complex (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 19(1): 1-8
• Hancock, D.L. 1995. The butterfly types of W. H. Miskin in the Queensland Museum (Lepidoptera). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 38(2): 519-528
• Hely, P.C. 1958. The foodplants of the checquered swallowtail, Papilio demoleus sthenelus Macleay, 1826 (Lepidotera: Papilionidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 1956–57: 63
• Hübner, J. 1807. Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge. 1 p. pls [9] [11] [17] …[104] [116] [141] [148] [150] [151] [155] [159] [200]. [this work is the subject of Opinion 276, ICZN, and is on the Offical List of Works approved as available for Zoological Nomenclature; issued 1807, dated 1806]
• Hübner, J. 1819 [1816–1826]. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge. Augsburg, Germany : Jacob Hübner 17-176 pp. [issued 1819, dated 1816–1826]
• James, D.G. 1988. Induction of pupal diapause in Papilio aegeus aegeus Donovan and Graphium sarpedon choredon (C. & R. Felder) (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 15(1): 39-44
• Jordan, K. 1909. The Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. [Papilio]. pp. 25-112 in Seitz, A. (ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the World: a systematic description of the hitherto known macrolepidoptera. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Vol. 9. [publication date: Griffin, F.J. 1936. The contents of the parts and the dates of appearance of Seitz' Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde (The Macrolepidoptera of the World), Lieferungen 1 to 130 Palaearctic and 1 to 575 exotic. Vols 1 to 16, 1907–1935. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 85(10): 243–279]
• Kirby, W.F. 1896. A hand-book to the Order Lepidoptera. Butterflies. Vol. 2 Pt. 1. pp. i-xxiii 1-332 in Bowdler-Sharpe, R. (ed.). Lloyd's Natural History. London : Edward Lloyd.
• Lambkin, T.A. 2017. Papilio daemoleus malayanus Wallace, 1865 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) on Dauan Island, Torres Strait, Queensland and recent confirmation of P.d. sthenelinus Rothschild, 1895 in the Lesser Sunda Islands. Australian Entomologist 44(2): 65–74
• Lane, D.A. & Moulds, M.S. 2015. An annotated list of hawkmoths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) from Hammond Island, Torres Strait. Australian Entomologist 42(1): 29-34
• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp.
• Lucas, P.H. 1835. Histoire naturelle des Lépidoptères exotiques. Paris : Pauquet 156 pp. 80 pls.
• Macleay, W.S. 1826. Annulosa, Catalogue of Insects, collected by Captain King, R.N. app. B, pp. 438-469, Table B in King, P.P. (ed.). Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia. Performed between the years 1818 and 1822; with Appendix B. London : John Murray Vol. 2 viii 637 pp., 9 pls. [Date published 15 Apr 1826: imprint 1827] [Publication date established from Common, I.F.B. & Moulds, M.S. 1973. The date of publication of Captain Phillip King's Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 6(4): 257–259]
• Miskin, W.H. 1876. Descriptions of new species of Australian diurnal Lepidoptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 24(3): 451-457
• Moore, F. 1881. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1(2–4) pp. 41-190 pls 19-71. [issued 1881, dated 1880-1881]
• Moore, F. 1882. List of the Lepidoptera collected by the Rev. J.H. Hocking chiefly in the Kangra District, N.W. Himalaya; with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1882(1): 234-263 [publication date: Duncan, F.M. 1937. Dates of publication of the society's Proceedings, 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of "Proceedings" 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the "Transactions", 1833–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London A 107: 71–84]
• Moore, F. 1886. List of the Lepidoptera of Mergui and its Archipelago collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr. John Anderson. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 21(126): 29-60
• Moore, F. 1888. Descriptions of Indian Lepidoptera Heterocera from the Collection of the Late Mr. W.S. Atkinson. Calcutta : Asiatic Society of Bengal Pt 3 pp. 199-299 pls 6-8.
• Moore, F. 1902. Lepidoptera Indica. Rhopalocera: family Papilionidae, sub-families Parnassiinae, Thaidinae, Leptocircinae and Papilioninae. London : Lovell Reeve & Co. Vol. 5 pp. 97-225. [issued 1902, dated 1901–1903]
• Neave, S.A. 1939. Nomenclator Zoologicus: A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus 1758 to the end of 1935. London : Zoological Society of London Vol. 1–4. [Date published 1939–1940]
• Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp.
• Peters, J.V. 1971. A Catalogue of the Type Specimens of the Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea (Lepidoptera) in the Australian Museum. Greenwich, NSW : Australian Entomological Press 36 pp.
• Röber, J.K.M. 1898. Ueber Papilio zalmoxis Hewitson. Entomologische Nachrichten. Dresden 24: 185-187
• Rothschild, L.W. 1895. A revision of the Papilios of the eastern hemisphere, exclusive of Africa. Novitates Zoologicae 2(3): 167-463 pl. 6
• 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.
• Smith, C.R. & Vane-Wright, R.I. 2008. Classification, nomenclature and identification of lime swallowtail butterflies: a post-cladistic analysis (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Systematics and Biodiversity 6(2): 175–203
• Tsukada, E. & Nishiyama, Y. 1982. Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands. I Papilionidae. Japan : Plapac 457 pp.
• Wallace, A.R. 1865. On the phenomena of variation and geographical distribution as illustrated by the Papilionidae of the Malayan region. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 25: 1-71, 1-8 pls
• Waterhouse, G.A. 1907. The history of Papilio aegeus. Australian Naturalist 1(8): 91-99
• Waterhouse, G.A. 1908. A new form of Papilio for Australia. Victorian Naturalist 25(7): 118-120
• Waterhouse, G.A. 1932. Notes on Australian Papilionidae. (Part I.) Papilio aegeus, Donovan. Descriptions of a new female form and two aberrations. The Australian Zoologist 7(3): 195-197 pl. 11
• 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]
• Waterhouse, G.A. 1936. [unpublished personal manuscript of observations made at the BMNH (Papilionidae, Pieridae, Danainae)]. Photocopy located at ANIC, Canberra, ACT. 29 pp.
• 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]
• 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]
• 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
• 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]
• Wilson, P.R. & Johnson, I.R. 2018. New Australian records for Papilio euchenor euchenor Guérin-Méneville, 1830 and form ambracia Wallace, 1865 of Papilio ambrax ambrax Boisduval, 1832 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) from Dauan Island, Torres Strait, Queensland. Australian Entomologist 45(1): 47-49
• Wood-Mason, J. & de Nicéville, L. 1887. List of the lepidopterous insects collected in Cachar by Mr. J. Wood-Mason. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 55: 343-393 pls 15-18 [dated 1886]
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