Heliconius laja, CRAMER, 1779

Chainey, John E., 2005, The species of Papilionidae and Pieridae (Lepidoptera) described by Cramer and Stoll and their putative type material in the Natural History Museum in London, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 145 (3), pp. 283-337 : 325-326

LAJA CRAMER, 1779

Pap[ilio] Helicon[ius] laja Cramer, 1779: 68 , 175, pl.232, figs C, D [original plate 201, figs B, B]. Surinam (C.Stoll).

Papilio Heliconius laja, Stoll, 1782b: 7 [No. 65].

Material examined. No potential Cramer specimens located.

Current status. Valid species in Dismorphia ( Lamas, 2004b) .

LEUCIPPE CRAMER, 1775

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Pap[ilio] Dan[aus] Cand[idus] leucippe Cramer, 1775: 57 , 153, pl.36, figs A, B, C [original plate 18, figs A, B, B]. ‘Isle d’Amboine’ [= Indonesia, Ambon] (Mr. B.Vriends).

Papilio Danaus Candidus leucippe, Stoll, 1782b: 5 [No. 2].

Material examined. Syntype ♂, van Lennep label ‘No.2 LEUCIPPE Cr. I. 36. A. B. C.’

( BMNH (E)#665062) is similar to original plate 18, fig. A; it has the remains of an earlier ‘pin’ (thorn?).

Current status. Valid species in Hebomoia (Vane- Wright & de Jong, 2003).

Figures

Figures 33–38. Fig. 33. Papilio glaucippe Linnaeus (specimen with ‘van Lennep’ label). Fig. 34. Papilio gliciria Cramer (syntype). Fig. 35. Papilio isse Cramer (paralectotype). Fig. 36. Papilio jugurtha Cramer (syntype). Fig. 37. Papilio leucippe Cramer (syntype). Fig. 38. Papilio mesentina Cramer (possible syntype).