Species

Pachliopta polyphontes (Boisduval, 1836)

    polyphontes Boisduval, 1836

Original Description

Papilio espèce polyphontes Boisduval, 1836

Type specimen(s)

Status: Syntype(s)
Specimen data: ST (coll. Payen)
Current depository: ??

Type locality

Type locality as cited in original description: "Celèbes."
Current country: Indonesia

Taxonomic history

Originally described as Papilio espèce polyphontes Boisduval, 1836
Treated as a species in Papilio by Gray (1853: 11). Treated as a synonym of Papilio polydorus Linn., 1767 by Kirby (1871: 535), and listed as "Var. b". Treated as a species of Papilio Linnaeus, 1758 by Rothschild (1895: 237). Treated as a species of Pachliopta Reakirt, 1864 by Munroe (1961: 46). Treated as a species of Pachliopta by Tsukada & Nishiyama (1982: 280), and by Page & Treadaway (1995: 148). Treated as a species of Atrophaneura Reakirt, [1865] by Hancock (1983: 47). Treated as a species of Pachliopta Reakirt, [1865] (Pachliopta Reakirt, [1865]) by Fujioka et al. (1997: 176). Treated as a species of Pachliopta Reakirt, [1865] by Vane-Wright & de Jong (2003: 84). Treated as a species of Pachliopta Reakirt, 1865 by Peggie et al. (2005: 47).

Remarks

"Ce Papillon n'est peut-etre au'une variété locale de Polydorus." (Bosiduval, 1836:268).