Species

Papilio (Druryia) antimachus Drury, 1782

    antimachus Drury, 1782

Original Description

Papilio antimachus Drury, 1782

Type specimen(s)

Additional information: "The Drury collection was sold at auction shortly after his death, and no specimens have thus far been recognized as Drury types. It is doubtful that any exist today." (Miller & Brown, 1981:211).
Current depository: ??

Type locality

Current country: Sierra Leone

Taxonomic history

Originally described as Papilio antimachus Drury, 1782
Treated as a species of Papilio by Boisduval (1836: 188), and by Gray (1853: 6). Treated as a species of Papilio Linn., 1767 by Kirby (1871: 520). Treated as a species of Papilio Linnaeus, 1758 by Munroe (1961: 44), and d'Abrera (1997: 6). Treated as a species of Princeps Hübner, [1807] (Druryia Aurivillius, 1881) by Hancock (1983: 48). Treated as a species of Papilio (Princeps) by Collins & Morris (1985: 107). Treated as a species of Papilio Linnaeus, 1758 (Princeps, Hübner [1807]) by Ackery et al. (1995: 139).

Remarks

Original description not seen / checked!