On the phenomena of variation and geographical distribution as illustrated by the Papilionidæ of the Malayan region

by Alfred Russel Wallace

P. Pompeus, Cr. Pap. Ex. t. 25. f. A (♂). P. Minos, Cr. Pap. Ex. t. 195. f. A (♀). P. Heliacon, Fab. Ent. Syst. 3. i. p. 19, 60.

O. Heliacon, Boisd. Sp. Gén. Lép. p. 178.

Hab. Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Lombock (Wall.), India (var.).

Remark.—The form that occurs in India, in its more elongate wings and darker colouring, approaches very closely to O. Rhadamanthus.

10. Ornithoptera Nephereus, G. R. Gray.

P. Astenous, Eschscholtz, Voy. Kotzebue, t. 4. f. A, B, C. (nec Fab.).

O. Nephereus, G. R. G., List of Lep. B. M. Papilionidæ, p. 6.

Hab. Philippine Islands.

Remark.—This is quite distinct from O. Rhadamanthus, Bd., with which it has generally been identified.

11. Ornithoptera Magellanus, Felder.