Candidus alcesta, STOLL, 1782

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 : 314

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scientific name

Candidus alcesta
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ALCESTA STOLL, 1782

Pap[ilio] Dan[aus] Cand[idus] alcesta Stoll, 1782a: 175 , pl.379, fig. A [original plate 365, fig. B]. ‘Côte de Guinée’ (E. de Marre).

Papilio View in CoL Danaus View in CoL Candidus alcesta, Stoll, 1782b: 6 [No. 88].

Material examined. No potential Stoll specimens located.

Current status. Valid species in Leptosia ( Ackery et al., 1995) .

ALCMEONE CRAMER, 1777

( FIG. 24 View Figures 21–26 )

Pap[ilio] Dan[aus] Cand[idus] alcmeone Cramer, 1777: 71 , 147, pl.141, fig. E [original plate 108, fig. D]. ‘Côte de Coromandel’ [= south-eastern India] and Surinam [error or a misidentification].

Papilio View in CoL Danaus Candidus View in CoL alcmeone, Stoll, 1782b: 5 [No. 17].

Material examined. Lectotype ♂ (here designated to stabilize use of this name) with van Lennep label ‘ No. 17 ALCMEONE Cr. II. 141 E.’ and Felder label ‘ Coll. Lenep’ ( BMNH (E)#665071) is a good match for original plate 108, fig. D; it has been re-pinned. A second ♂ (possibly a paralectotype) is discussed under ecclipsis below. There is also a possible paralectotype male in RNHL (G. Lamas, pers. comm.).

Current status. Here considered a junior subjective synonym of Catopsilia p. pomona (Fabricius, 1775) (following Yata, 1981). Bridges (1988) lists it as a junior synonym of the Neotropical species Aphrissa statira ( Cramer, 1777) [in Phoebis (Aphrissa) ] but notes that it may belong with the Oriental Catopsilia crocale ( Cramer, 1775) [= C. pomona Fabricius ]. Males of these two species can be quite similar, but the above lectotype belongs with Catopsilia p. pomona Fabricius. The second ♂ (possibly a paralectotype) is identifiable with Aphrissa statira (Cramer) . The possible paralectotype male in RNHL belongs with A. statira (G. Lamas, pers. comm.).

Ackery PR, Smith CR, Vane-Wright RI. eds. 1995. Carcasson's African butterflies: an annotated catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical region. Melbourne: CSIRO Publications.

Bridges CA. 1988. Catalogue of Papilionidae and Pieridae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Urbana, IL: Privately published.

Cramer P. 1775. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America [Papillons Exotiques des Trois Parties du Monde l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amerique], Vol. I. Amsterdam: S. J. Baalde / Utrecht: B. Wild. [1 - 132, pls I-LXXXIV].

Cramer P. 1777. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America [Papillons Exotiques des Trois Parties du Monde l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amerique], Vol. II. Amsterdam: S. J. Baalde / Utrecht: B. Wild. (Includes on un-numbered pages Alphabetische naamlyst der heeren Welke het Werk, van den Heere Pieter Cramer met hunne Intekening hebben gelieven te vereeren [Liste alphabetique, des Messieurs Qui ont bien voulu honerer cet Ouvrage de leur souscription]).

Stoll C. 1782 a. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waerald-deelen Asia, Africa en America [Papillons Exotique des Trois Partes du Monde l'Asia, l'Afrique et l'Amerique], Vol IV. Amsterdam: S. J. Baalde / Utrecht: B. Wild [CCCLXXXV - CCCC].

Stoll C. 1782 b. Preove van eene rangschikkinge der donsvleugelige insecten, Lepidopterae. Welker Afbeeldingen in de vier Deelen van dit Werk zyn te vinden. [Essai d'un ordre systematique des insectes a ailes farineuses. Lepidopterae. Representes dan les quatre Volumes de cet Ouvrage]. In: Stoll C, ed. [De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-de elen Asia, Africa en America.], Vol. 4. Amsterdam: S. J. Baalde / Utrecht: B. Wild, 1 - 29.

Yata O. 1981. Pieridae. Danaidae. In: Tsukada E, ed. Butterflies of the South East Asian islands, Vol. 2. Japan: Plapac.

Gallery Image

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).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Pieridae

Genus

Candidus

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Pieridae

Genus

Candidus