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The Swallowtails (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae, Papilioninae) of Papua Indonesia
by Jan Moonen
Graphium (Graphium) codrus (Cramer, 1779)
ssp. medon C.& R.Felder, 1864
ssp. schoutensis Talbot & Joicey, 1916references and synonymy:
Papilio codrus Cramer, 1779: (Amboina)
Papilio codrus: de Haan, 1840 (nec Cramer,1778); Montrouzier, 1856: (Woodlark Is.)
Papilio medon C.& R. Felder, 1864: (Nov. Guinea) (nom.nov.loc. P.codri de Haani)
Papilio codrus subsp. papuensis Wallace, 1865: (Waigeu, Aru)
Papilio codrus var. papuensis: Oberthür, 1879 (Amberbaki)
Papilio codrus var. medon: Ribbe, 1890
? Papilio codrus ssp. celebensis: Grose Smith, 1894 (Biak)
? Papilio codrus ssp. gilolensis: Grose Smith, 1894 (Humboldt Bay)
Papilio codrus medon: Rothschild, 1895 (Waigeu, Aru Is., Biak Is., New Guinea, Fergusson Is., D’Entrecasteaux Is.); Jordan, 1909 (Neu-Guinea, Aru, Waigeu, Jobi, Mafor, Biak, d’Entrecasteaux Inseln, Woodlark, Rossel)
Papilio codrus schoutensis Talbot & Joicey, 1916: (Schouten Isl.)
fig. 1 Graphium codrus medon (male, a. upperside, b. underside), Ampas (RMNH)
fig. 2 Graphium codrus medon (female, a. upperside, b. underside), Fakfak (RMNH)
fig. 3 Graphium codrus schoutensis (male, a. upperside, b. underside), Korem, Biak (KSP)
Distribution
STATUS: This species prefers lowland (coastal) areas.
PAPUA LOCALITIES: ssp. schoutensis (blue dots): Biak: Korem; Supiori: Korido; Numfor: Namber; ssp. medon (red dots): Japen: Wapoga; Waigeo; Salawati: Wayom River; Moor Islands; Podena Island; New Guinea: Ambubaki, Ampas, Andai, Fakfak, Jayapura, Kobakma, Kwerba, Miei (Wandammen), Nabire, Pim, Senopi. Details in gazetteer.
EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Philippines, Sulawesi, Talaud & Sula Islands, Moluccas, Kai Islands, New Guinea, Admiralty Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands.
DATA SOURCES: KSP, RMNH. Literature (see below).
Literature
Cramer, P., 1779. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Africa en America, 2. Amsterdam, Baalde, en Utrecht, Wild: 151 pp.
D'Abrera, B., 1971. Butterflies of the Australian Region. Lansdowne Press Pty Ltd, Melbourne: 415 pp.
Felder, C. & R., 1864. Species Lepidopterorum hucusque descriptae vel iconibus expressae in seriem systematicum digestae. Pars prima. Papilionidae Verh. zool.-bot. Ges.Wien 14:289- 378.
Igarashi, S., 1979. Papilionidae and their early stages. (in Japanese) Vol.I Text:1-218, ill. Vol.II Plates color:1-223; bl/w:1-32; bl/w:1-102 (foodplants) Kodansha, Tokyo.
Jordan, K.. 1908-1910. Papilionidae, Papilio bis Armandia. in Seitz: Großschmetterlinge der Erde. Die Indo-Australische Tagfalter. IX:11-109,112; Pls.1-49.
