Papilio dolicaon, CRAMER, 1775

Chainey, John E., 2005, The species of Papilionidae and Pieridae (Lepidoptera) described by Cramer and Stoll and their putative type material in the Natural History Museum in London, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 145 (3), pp. 283-337 : 299-300

DOLICAON CRAMER, 1775

Pap[ilio] Eq[ues] Achiv[us] dolicaon Cramer, 1775: 25 , 152, pl. 17, figs C, D [original plate 8, figs B, B]. ‘Ce Page extraordinaire se trouve rarement dans le Cabinets des curieux.’ [this extraordinary butterfly is found rarely in the cabinets of curiosities] ‘Indies Orientales’ [error, prob. Surinam].

Papilio Eques Achivus doliciaon, Stoll, 1782b: 3 [No. 43], incorrect subsequent spelling.

Material examined. Possible syntype ♂ ‘ Surinam Coll. Lenep’ ( BMNH (E)#665060) is a good match for original plate 8, figs B, B; it has been re-pinned and the hindwings have undergone some repairs. There is also a syntype in Museum für Naturkunde, Humboldt- Universität, Berlin. It is labelled ‘ Dolicaon / Original zu/ Cram [1]7 cd,/teste Maassen. /ex coll. Mus. Leyden’. This specimen was illustrated by Tyler et al. (1994) and cited as a type .

Current status. Valid species in Eurytides ( Häuser et al., 2003) .

DRUSIUS CRAMER, 1779

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Pap[ilio] Eq[ues] Achiv[us] drusius Cramer, 1779: 63– 64 , 174, pl.229, fig. A, pl.230, fig. A [original plates 198, fig. A, pl. 199, fig. A]. ‘Isle d’Amboine’ [= Indonesia, Ambon] (Willem V, Prince of Orange and Nassau).

Papilio Eques Trojanus drusius, Stoll, 1782b: 2 [No. 10].

Material examined. Syntype ♀ ( BMNH (E)#665120) with partly trimmed label (in unknown hand) ‘ ♀ P. Gambris[ius] Drusius Cr Typus Cram Coll. Eyndh’; upperside is a fairly good match for original plate 198, fig. A, and underside is a good match for original plate 199, fig. A. The thorax is badly damaged and may have been re-pinned; the wings have had extensive repairs and the left hindwing is badly damaged.

Remarks. Rothschild (1895) states ‘in the Felderian collection are a male and a female labelled “ Type, Cramer, coll. Lennep”; these specimens agree well with Cramer’s figures [of drusius and gambrisius], but I must doubt that they really are Cramer’s types; Cramer mentions sometimes the collection of Lennep, and some of Lennep’s specimens are indeed figured by Cramer; but most of Lennep’s specimens, which Felder obtained at a sale in Holland, do not exactly agree with Cramer’s figures of the respective species.’ It seems a little strange to reject these specimens as possible types because they agree with Cramer’s figures!

Current status. Junior subjective synonym of Papilio (Menelaides) gambrisius Cramer, 1777 ( Bridges, 1988) .

Figures

Figures 9–14. Fig. 9. Papilio drusius Cramer (syntype). Fig. 10. Papilio erymanthus Cramer (syntype). Fig. 11. Papilio eurimedes Stoll (syntype). Fig. 12. Papilio gambrisius Cramer (syntype). Fig. 13. Papilio hypolitus Cramer (specimen with ‘van Lennep’ label). Fig. 14. Papilio hyppason Cramer (syntype).