Papilionidae
Baroniinae
Papilioninae
Leptocircini
Eurytides
Graphium
(Arisbe)
(Graphium)
(Paranticopsis)
(Pathysa)
G. agetes
G. androcles
G. antiphates
albescens
alcibiades
antiphates
antiphonus
ceylonicus
continentalis
insularis
javanicus
kalaoensis
linga
nebulosus
paetus
palawanicus
pompilius
tiomanus
G. aristeus
G. decolor
G. dorcus
G. epaminondas
G. euphrates
G. euphratoides
G. nomius
G. rhesus
G. stratiotes
(Pazala)
Iphiclides
Lamproptera
Mimoides
Protesilaus
Protographium
Papilionini
Teinopalpini
Troidini
Parnassiinae
Pieridae
Species
Graphium (Pathysa) antiphates (Cramer, [1775])
ceylonicus Eimer, 1889
Original Description
Papilio Antiphates Cram. ceylonicus Eimer, 1889
Type specimen(s)
Status: Syntype(s)
Specimen data: 2 ST (ex coll. Staudinger, presumably coll. G. H. T. Eimer)
Additional information: "I have not been able to trace any type material" (Gaonkar, 1990: 482).
Current depository: ZIUT, Tübingen ?; MFNB, Berlin ?
Type locality
Type locality as cited in original description: "Ceylon"
Current country: Sri Lanka
Taxonomic history
Originally described as Papilio Antiphates Cram. ceylonicus Eimer, 1889
Treated as a synonym (aberration) of Papilio antiphates alcibiades Fabricius, 1787 by Rothschild (1895: 412). Treated as a subspecies of Graphium (Pathysa) antiphates (Cramer, 1775) by Bridges (1988: II.43). Treated as a subspecies of Graphium antiphates (Cramer, 1775) by Gaonkar (1990: 479).
Treated as a synonym (aberration) of Papilio antiphates alcibiades Fabricius, 1787 by Rothschild (1895: 412). Treated as a subspecies of Graphium (Pathysa) antiphates (Cramer, 1775) by Bridges (1988: II.43). Treated as a subspecies of Graphium antiphates (Cramer, 1775) by Gaonkar (1990: 479).
Remarks
Probably invalid as junior homonym (ceylonicus Moore, 1881) - check!