Battus polydamas, LINNAEUS OF 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 : 308

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00184.x
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7118C352-FFEB-FFBC-FF44-FA8EFD58F90E
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scientific name	Battus polydamas
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Treatment

POLYDAMAS LINNAEUS OF CRAMER, 1779 View in CoL

Pap[ilio] Eq[ues] Troj[anus] polydamas, Cramer, 1779: 33 , 176, pl.211, figs D, E [original plate 180, figs D, D]. Surinam.

Papilio Eques View in CoL Trojanus polydamas, Stoll, 1782b: 2 [No. 26].

Material examined. 1 ♂, 1 ♀, each with Felder label ‘ Surinam Coll Lenep’ ( BMNH (E)#665004–5); the female is a good match for original plate 180, figs D, D, the male slightly less good; both have been re-pinned. There is also a possible Cramer specimen in RNHL .

Identity. Battus polydamas (Linnaeus, 1758) .