Description
The imago has a wingspan of between 7 and 10 cm. On the obverse the forewings are iridescent blue-green with black margins sprinkled with green scales at the apex, the hindwings are of the same colour with black margins, six green lunulae in the marginal part and tails. On the reverse side the forewings are brown and are lighter in the marginal part, the hindwings are brown with a lighter marginal part, and bear six black and blue ocelli in the intravenous spaces. The body is brown and sprinkled with iridescent green scales on top. There is no sexual dimorphism. Seitz- P. lorquinianus. Very nearly allied to '' P. peranthus'' male: the metallic area of the forewing much less straight distally than in ''P. peranthus'', posteriorly broader, extending between the pilose stripes, forewing with blue or green submarginal band, hindwing from the subcostal with distinct submarginal spots of the same colour,the basal area of the hindwing always extends, beyond the apex of the cell. Under surface similar to that of ''P. peranthus''. In the female the metallic area of the forewing is more uniformly rounded than in the male, also the sub¬ marginal spots of the hindwing above are larger and the under surface is paler. Earlier stages unknown. In the genitalia ''P. lorquinianus'' agress almost entirely with ''P. peranthus''. As in the other Gloss-Papilios the metallic area assumes a deeper blue tone when the light falls obliquely from the front or side. Moluccas and Dutch New Guinea. — ''lorquinianus'' Fldr. (= ''philippus'' Wall, partim, ? ''apollodorus'' Fruhst.) (37 b). Greenish blue, the metallic area of the forewing does not quite reach the apex of the cell, but there are always a few metallic spots distally to the upper angle of the cell. Halmaheira, Ternate. — ''gelia'' subsp. nov. The black apical area of the cell of the forewing about twice as large as in the preceding form, the metallic area reaching at most to the 3. radial, also no metallic spots are placed at the distal side of the apex of the cell. Batjan. — ''philippus'' Wall. The metallic spots are more extended in both sexes than in ''lorquinianus'' and more greenish, the green submarginal macular band on the upperside of the forewing and the grey band on the underside are narrower. Ceram, very rare. From Obi, Burn and Amboina no form of lorquinianus is yet known. — ''albertisi'' Oberth. (37 a). Golden green, appearing blue when looked at sideways or from the front; the metallic area even larger than in ''philippus''; the under surface very uniform dark brown, the light discal band of the forewing mostly only indicated. The pilose stripes are usually separated, except that the thin stripe of the submedian fold, if present, is always confluent with the lower median stripe. The female not known. Dutch New Guinea: Andai and Ivapaur. Karl Jordan in Seitz.Seitz, A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 TafelSubspecies
Taxonomy
''Papilio lorquinianus'' is in a species group which includes *''Papilio lorquinianus'' C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865 *''Etymology
The name honorsReferences
*Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach, 1998 ''Schmetterlinge der Erde'', Butterflies of the World Part I (1), Papilionidae Papilionidae I: ''Papilio'', Subgenus ''Achillides'', ''Bhutanitis'', ''Teinopalpus''. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach. Keltern: Goecke & Evers; Canterbury: Hillside Books, *External links