Species

Battus polydamas (Linnaeus, 1758)

    antiquus Rothschild & Jordan, 1906

Original Description

Papilio polydamas Linné 1758 subsp. antiquus Rothschild & Jordan, 1906

Type specimen(s)

Status: Holotype
Specimen data: HT (illustrated by Drury, 1770, pl. 17, fig. 1,2)
Additional information: "Materiale tipico - Figura in Drury (1770), Ill. Exot. Ins., 32, t. 17,f. 1-2." (Racheli & Pariset, 1992:72).
Current depository: ??

Type locality

Type locality as cited in original description: "Antigua"
Current country: Antigua and Barbuda

Taxonomic history

Originally described as Papilio polydamas Linné 1758 subsp. antiquus Rothschild & Jordan, 1906
Treated as a subspecies of Battus polydamas (Linnaeus, 1758) by Racheli & Pariset (1992:72), and Lamas (2004:90). Treated as a subspecies of Battus polydamas (Linné, 1758) by Tyler et al. (1994:28). Treated as a subspecies of Battus (Battus) polydamas (Linnaeus, 1758) by Möhn (1999:4).

Remarks

Named after an illustration by Drury (1770:32).