Papilionidae
Baroniinae
Papilioninae- Leptocircini
- Papilionini
- Teinopalpini
Troidini
Atrophaneura- Battus
- Byasa
- Cressida
- Euryades
- Losaria
- Ornithoptera
- O. aesacus
- O. alexandrae
- O. chimaera
- O. croesus
- O. goliath
- O. meridionalis
- O. paradisea
- O. priamus
addenda- admiralitatis
- archideus
- arruana
- aurago
- beuriei
- boreas
- brunneus
- caramalei
- cronius
- demophanes
- divina
- eudamidas
- euphorion
- eurysaces
- femineus
- flammeus
- flavomaculata
- fuscuocellus
- gebeensis
- hecuba
- impensus
- lavata
- miokensis
- multicolorei
- nivalis
- oceanus
- panthous
- poseidon
- priamus
- pronomus
- radialei
- radians
- sterrensis
triton- O. richmondia
- O. rothschildi
- O. tithonus
O. victoriae- Pachliopta
- Parides
- Pharmacophagus
- Trogonoptera
- Troides
- Parnassiinae
- Pieridae
Species
Ornithoptera priamus (Linnaeus, 1758)
poseidon Doubleday, 1847
Original Description
Ornithoptera poseidon Doubleday, 1847
Type specimen(s)
Status: Syntype(s)
Specimen data: ST (♂, Jukes leg.)
Additional information: "type material in BMNH" (Tennent, 2006: 21).
Current depository: BMNH, London
Type locality
Type locality as cited in original description: "Darnley Island, amongst the cocoa-nut groves"
Current country: Australia
Taxonomic history
Originally described as Ornithoptera poseidon Doubleday, 1847
Treated as a species of Papilio by Gray (1853: 3). Treated as a species of Papilio Latr. by Felder & Felder (1864: 290). Treated as a synonym of Papilio priamus Linn., 1767 by Kirby (1871: 518), and listed as "Var. j". Treated as a subspecies of Troides priamus Linnaeus by Rothschild (1895: 188). Treated as a subspecies of Ornithoptera (Ornithoptera) priamus Linné 1758 by Parrott & Deslisle (1989: 392,401). Treated as a subspecies of Ornithoptera priamus (Linnaeus, 1758) by Tennent (2006: 21).
Treated as a species of Papilio by Gray (1853: 3). Treated as a species of Papilio Latr. by Felder & Felder (1864: 290). Treated as a synonym of Papilio priamus Linn., 1767 by Kirby (1871: 518), and listed as "Var. j". Treated as a subspecies of Troides priamus Linnaeus by Rothschild (1895: 188). Treated as a subspecies of Ornithoptera (Ornithoptera) priamus Linné 1758 by Parrott & Deslisle (1989: 392,401). Treated as a subspecies of Ornithoptera priamus (Linnaeus, 1758) by Tennent (2006: 21).
Remarks
The original decription is evidently based only on male specimen(s).