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)
archideus Gray, [1853]
Original Description
Papilio (Ornithoptera) species archideus Gray, [1853]
Type specimen(s)
Status: Syntype(s)
Specimen data: ST (♀)
Current depository: MNHN, Paris ?
Type locality
Type locality as cited in original description: "Celebes"
Current country: Indonesia
Taxonomic history
Originally described as Papilio (Ornithoptera) species archideus Gray, [1853]
Treated as a species of Ornithoptera by Felder & Felder (1859:264). Treated as a synonym of Papilio priamus Linn., 1767 by Kirby (1871:518), and listed as "Var. l". Treated as a synonym of Troides priamus poseidon (Doubleday, 1847) by Rothschild (1895:190). Treated [as "archideus, Gray, 1852"] as a synonym of Ornithoptera priamus poseidon (Doubleday, 1847) by Tennent (2006: 21).
Treated as a species of Ornithoptera by Felder & Felder (1859:264). Treated as a synonym of Papilio priamus Linn., 1767 by Kirby (1871:518), and listed as "Var. l". Treated as a synonym of Troides priamus poseidon (Doubleday, 1847) by Rothschild (1895:190). Treated [as "archideus, Gray, 1852"] as a synonym of Ornithoptera priamus poseidon (Doubleday, 1847) by Tennent (2006: 21).
Remarks
The description is based only on an illustration and description published by Boisduval since no specimens from the British Museum or another collection are being mentioned or referred to.