Trojanus numitor, CRAMER, 1777

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 : 306

NUMITOR CRAMER, 1777

Pap[ilio] Eq[ues] Achiv[us] numitor Cramer, 1777: 25 , pl.113, 150, fig. B [original plate 80, fig. B]. Surinam.

Papilio Eques Trojanus numitor, 1782b: 2 [No. 22].

Material examined. 1 ♂, with van Lennep label ‘No. 22. NUMITOR Cr. II. 113. B.’ and Felder label ‘ Surinam Coll. Lenep’ ( BMNH (E)#665201) has been repinned and repaired; the stylized original plate 80, fig. B is not a good match, e.g. it does not show any of the bright yellow markings on the hindwing, although a row of obscure yellowish submarginal spots is shown. This specimen differs from the figure too much for it to be considered as a type. It is possible that the van Lennep label has become associated with the wrong specimen .

Current status and identity. Considered a junior subjective synonym of Battus b. belus ( Cramer, 1777) ( Tyler et al., 1994) (and the figure is a better fit for B. belus ), but note that the above specimen is Battus lycidas ( Cramer, 1777) . Fortunately, numitor does not have priority over either name.