Papilionidae
Baroniinae
Papilioninae- Leptocircini
- Papilionini
- Teinopalpini
Troidini
Atrophaneura- Battus
- B. belus
- B. crassus
- B. devilliersii
- B. eracon
- B. ingenuus
- B. laodamas
- B. lycidas
adlatus- erymanthus
lycidas- B. madyes
- B. philenor
- B. polydamas
- B. polystictus
B. zetides- Byasa
- Cressida
- Euryades
- Losaria
- Ornithoptera
- Pachliopta
- Parides
- Pharmacophagus
- Trogonoptera
- Troides
- Parnassiinae
- Pieridae
Species
Battus lycidas (Cramer, [1777])
lycidas Cramer, [1777]
Original Description
[Papilio] lycidas Cramer, [1777]
Type specimen(s)
Status: Syntype(s)
Specimen data: ST
Additional information: "in the Natural History Museum in London", "Syntype ♀, with Felder label ‘Surinam Coll Lenep’ (BMNH(E)#665110) is a fair match for the stylized original plate 80, fig. A (the description mentions that the green colours are iridescent), although there is an extra pale spot on each of the hind-wings; it has been re-pinned.", "Fig. 15" (Chainey, 2005: 283, 303).
Current depository: BMNH, London (1 ♀, syntype)
Type locality
Type locality as cited in original description: "uit Surinamen [...] de Suriname."
Current country: Suriname
Taxonomic history
Originally described as [Papilio] lycidas Cramer, [1777]
Treated as a species of Papilio Linn., 1767 by Kirby (1871: 522). Treated as a species of Papilio Linné, 1758 by Rothschild & Jordan (1906: 534). Treated as a species of Papilio by Boisduval (1836:317), and by Gray (1853: 68). Treated as a species of Battus Scopoli, 1777 by Munroe (1961: 47), Hancock (1983: 47), Racheli & Pariset (1992: 96), Tyler et al. (1994: 28), and Lamas (2004: 90). Treated as a species of Battus Scopoli, 1777 (Battuosa Möhn, 1999) by Möhn (1999: 8).
Treated as a species of Papilio Linn., 1767 by Kirby (1871: 522). Treated as a species of Papilio Linné, 1758 by Rothschild & Jordan (1906: 534). Treated as a species of Papilio by Boisduval (1836:317), and by Gray (1853: 68). Treated as a species of Battus Scopoli, 1777 by Munroe (1961: 47), Hancock (1983: 47), Racheli & Pariset (1992: 96), Tyler et al. (1994: 28), and Lamas (2004: 90). Treated as a species of Battus Scopoli, 1777 (Battuosa Möhn, 1999) by Möhn (1999: 8).