Papilio troilus, 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 : 311

TROILUS LINNAEUS OF CRAMER, 1779

Pap[ilio] Eq[ues] Troj[anus] troilus, Cramer, 1779: 25 , 176, pl.207, figs A, B, C [original plate 176, figs A, B, B]. New York; Jamaica.

Papilio Eques Achivus troilus, Stoll, 1782b: 3 [No. 21].

Material examined. No potential Cramer specimens located. There is a possible Cramer specimen in RNHL.

Identity. Papilio (Pterourus) troilus Linnaeus, 1758 .

TULLUS CRAMER, 1780

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Pap[ilio] Eq[ues] Troj[anus] tullus Cramer, 1780a: 153 , 176, pl.277, figs C, D [original plate 247, figs B, B]. ♀, Surinam .

Papilio Eques Trojanus tullus, Stoll, 1782b: 2 [No. 34].

Material examined. Syntype ♀, with van Lennep label ‘No.34. TULLUS. Cr. III. 277. C. D.’ and with Felder label ‘ Surinam Coll. Lenep’ ( BMNH (E)#665009) is a good match for original plate 247, figs B, B; it has been re-pinned and the wings have some repairs . 2 ♀ syntypes, each with Felder label ‘ Surinam Coll. Lenep’ ( BMNH (E)#665010–011) match original plate 247, figs B, B slightly less well; both have repairs to the wings .

Current status. Junior subjective synonym of Parides sesostris ( Cramer, 1779) ( Tyler et al., 1994) .

Figures

Figures 21–26. Fig. 21. Papilio torquatus Cramer (syntype). Fig. 22. Papilio tullus Cramer (syntype). Fig. 23. Papilio vertumnus Cramer (syntype). Fig. 24. Papilio alcmeone Cramer (lectotype). Fig. 25. Papilio arithusa Drury (specimen with ‘van Lennep’ label). Fig. 26. Papilio cipris Cramer (syntype).