Papilio prexaspes prexaspes  Felder & Felder, 1865


ON : Papilio prexaspes Felder & Felder, 1865
OD : Reise Fregatte Novara, Lep. Rhop. (1):107-108, pl.15, fig.d,♂.
TL : Malacca Interior. (♂, NHML)
Distribution : P.Thailand (Yala), W.Malaysia, Singapore.
● ssp.pitmani
ssp.intricatus
ssp.duboisi
ssp.andamanicus
ssp.prexaspes
Papilio prexaspes prexaspes Map


Synonym

Papilio prexaspes Felder & Fedler, 1864 : Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 14:320. TL. Malacca.(NN)


Type Material Information

♂, Type, Malacca Interior. (in coll. Rothschild, NHML, examined)
♀, Type (red), Neoallotype, #149314. 4.Apr.1931. Ayer Kuning, near Klang. A.S.Corbet (NHML, examined)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Papilio prexaspes prexaspes ; Pinratana & Eliot,1992 : 23,42, pl.35, fig.28b♂ ; pl.36, fig.28b♂(Un). (Yala)
Papilio prexaspes prexaspes ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 90, pl.17, figs.P35b♂,♂(Un). (Yala)
Papilio prexaspes prexaspes ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 127.
Papilio prexaspes prexaspes ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 90, pl.17, figs.P33b♂,♂(Un). (Yala)


Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at lowlands and only a few specimens have been found in Yala.


Literature

Felder, C. & Felder, R.,1864 : Species Lepidopterorum hucusque descriptae vel iconibus expressae in seriem systematicum digestae.
Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 14:289-378.

Felder, C. & Felder, R.,1865-1875 :
Rhopalocera. In Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte "Novara" um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen Commodore B. von Wullerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band:
Abtheilung. Wien : vi + 548 + [1] pp in 5 parts, 140 pls.

Hancock, D.L.,1992 : The Princeps fuscus complex (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)
Aust. ent. Mag. 19(1)May 1992:1-8.


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