Ornithoptera priamus, LINNAEUS OF 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 : 309

PRIAMUS LINNAEUS OF CRAMER, 1775

Pap[ilio] Eq[ues] Troj[anus] priamus, Cramer, 1775: 35 , 154, pl.23, figs A, B [original plate 32, figs A, A]. Ambon (W.van der Meulen and B.Vriends).

Papilio Eques Trojanus priamus, Stoll, 1782b: 2 [No. 1].

Material examined. 1 ♂, with van Lennep label ‘ No. 1 PRIAMUS Cr. I. 23. A. B.’ and Felder label ‘ Amboin Coll Lenep’ ( BMNH (E)#133082); this specimen has extensive damage to the thorax and may have been repinned . 1 ♂, with Felder label ‘ Amboine Coll Lenep’ ( BMNH (E)#133083) has clearly been re-pinned, it also has been repaired and there are small touches of paint. Both specimens compare well (although not exactly) with original plate 32, figs A, A .

Identity. Ornithoptera priamus (Linnaeus, 1758) .