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A NEW SUBSPECIES OF ORNITHOPTERA CROESUS FROM MOROTAI ISLAND, INDONESIA, AND A GYNANDROMORPH OF O. CROESUS LYDIUS (LEPIDOPTERA: PAPILIONIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

R. E. Parrott  and
F. Schmid
R. E. Parrott
Affiliation:
69 Francis St., Port Hope, Ontario 2L1A 1K7
F. Schmid
Affiliation:
Biosystematics Research Institute, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6
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Abstract

A new subspecies of Ornithoptera croesus Wallace, O. c. toeantei, is described from Morotai Island, Indonesia; an annotated illustration of a gynandromorph of O. croesus lydius Felder from Halmaheira Island is presented.

Résumé

Une nouvelle sous-espèce d'Ornithoptera croesus Wallace, toeantei, est décrite ici de l'île de Morotai, Indonésie, de même qu'un exemplaire gynandromorphe d'O. croesus lydius Felder de l'île de Halmaheira.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 116 , Issue 11 , November 1984 , pp. 1519 - 1524
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1984

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