Papilio tydeus

Papilio tydeus
	The Felder plate accompanying the original description
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. tydeus
Binomial name
	Papilio tydeus; C. & R. Felder, 1860

Papilio tydeus is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in the Moluccas^[1] (Batchian and Gilolo).^[2]

Description

Differentiated from all the forms of P. aegeus by the large ochre-yellow submarginal spots of the hindwing, which are distally truncate or emarginate and proximally are produced along the veins into bracket-like projections. Male always with subapical oblique band of white spots; the band of the hindwing narrow, not touching the cell, the 1. patch prolonged almost to the base. The female appears only in the tenarides-form: forewing lighter in the centre; hindwing from the base to the disc yellowish white, at the proximal side of a broad discal band of large, black, connected patches ochre-yellow; the base of the costal margin beneath broadly black. Only on the Northern Moluccas. —tydeus Fldr. flies on Morty, Halmaheira, Ternate and Batjan. Male: the spot placed behind the subcostal fork on the forewing shorter than its distance from the cell. the cell-spot of the forewing beneath reaches the base of the lower median; at the innerside of the 1. black discal spot of the hindwing beneath is placed a thin, often very diffuse, yellowish transverse spot. — obiensis Rothsch., from Obi. Male: the subapical band of the forewing broader than in tydeus, the 4. spot longer than its distance from the cell. both wings more extended light; the cell spot of the forewing beneath extends to beyond the base of the 2. median; the transverse spot placed at the innerside of the 1. black discal spot of the hindwing beneath is produced basad along the subcostal.Karl Jordan in Seitz.^[3]

Status

Common and not threatened.

Subspecies

Papilio tydeus tydeus (Bachan, Ternate, Halmahera, Morotai)
Papilio tydeus obiensis Rothschild, 1898 (Obi)

Taxonomy

Papilio tydeus is a member of the aegeus species-group. The clade members are

Papilio aegeus Donovan, 1805
Papilio bridgei Mathew, 1886
- ? Papilio erskinei Mathew, 1886
Papilio gambrisius Cramer, [1777]
Papilio inopinatus Butler, 1883
Papilio ptolychus Godman & Salvin, 1888
Papilio tydeus C. & R. Felder, 1860
Papilio weymeri Niepelt, 1914
Papilio woodfordi Godman & Salvin, 1888

References

^ Papilio at Funet
^ "Transactions of the Linnean Society". 25. London. 1866. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ Seitz, A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Papilio at Funet

[2] "Transactions of the Linnean Society". 25. London. 1866. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[3] Seitz, A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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