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

by Alfred Russel Wallace

118. Papilio Agamemnon, Linnæus.

P. Agamemnon, L.; Cram. Pap. Ex. t. 106. f. C, D; Boisd. Sp. Gén. Lép. p. 230.

This species presents numerous slight modifications of form and marking, which seem hardly prominent enough to characterize as species, though tolerably constant in each locality. Type tailed.

Hab. India, Manilla.

Local form a. Tail shorter; wings rather pointed.

Hab. Timor, Flores (Wall.).

Local form b. Tail as in the last; two outer rows of spots on the lower wings absent.

Hab. Ké Island (Wall.).

Local form c. Size small; tail very short.

Hab. Malacca, Sumatra, Borneo, Java (Wall.).