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

by Alfred Russel Wallace

m. Paradoxa group.

82. Papilio Paradoxa, Zinken.

Zelima Paradoxa, Zink. Beitr. Ins. Java, t. 15. f. 9, 10.

P. Paradoxa, Westw. Cab. Or. Ent. pl. 9. f. 1, 1*.

Hab. Java (Wall.).

Local form a.—P. Paradoxa, var., Hew. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 422, pl. 67. f. 1 (♂), 2 (♀).

Hab. Borneo (Wall.).

Local form b.—Smaller; intermediate in the markings between the Java and Borneo forms; interior row of elongate marks on upper wings light blue, not descending to the outer angle.

Hab. Sumatra (Wall.).

Both sexes of this species closely resemble the corresponding sexes of Euplœa Midamus, Cr., which is very common in all the above-mentioned localities.