Papilionidae
Baroniinae
Papilioninae
Leptocircini
Papilionini
Teinopalpini
Troidini
Atrophaneura
Battus
B. belus
B. crassus
crassus
hirundo
lepidus
paraensis
B. devilliersii
B. eracon
B. ingenuus
B. laodamas
B. 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 crassus (Cramer, [1777])
lepidus Felder & Felder, 1861
Original Description
Papilio species lepidus Felder & Felder, 1861
Type specimen(s)
Status: Syntype Syntype(s)
Specimen data: ST (♂, Dr. Moritz, coll. Kaden)
Additional information: "Materiale tipico - Non specificato nella descrizione originale; HT ♂ [esaminato] ex coll. Kaden, ex coll. Felder, in BMNH." (Racheli & Pariset 1992:117).
Current depository: BMNH, London
Type locality
Type locality as cited in original description: "Venezuela, in provincia Caracas"
Current country: Venezuela
Taxonomic history
Originally described as Papilio species lepidus Felder & Felder, 1861
Treated as a synonym of Papilio crassus Cram., 1779 by Kirby (1871: 522), and listed as "Var. a". Treated as a synonym of Papilio crassus Cramer, 1777 by Rothschild & Jordan (1906: 536). Treated as a subspecies of Battus crassus (Cramer, 1777) by Racheli & Pariset (1992: 117), Tyler et al. (1994: 28), and Lamas (2004: 90). Treated as a subspecies of Battus (Battuosa) crassus (Cramer, 1777) by Möhn (1999: 9).
Treated as a synonym of Papilio crassus Cram., 1779 by Kirby (1871: 522), and listed as "Var. a". Treated as a synonym of Papilio crassus Cramer, 1777 by Rothschild & Jordan (1906: 536). Treated as a subspecies of Battus crassus (Cramer, 1777) by Racheli & Pariset (1992: 117), Tyler et al. (1994: 28), and Lamas (2004: 90). Treated as a subspecies of Battus (Battuosa) crassus (Cramer, 1777) by Möhn (1999: 9).