1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

1: ♂, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, botanical garden, 15. February 2009 (det. & phot.: Wolfgang Hackbusch)Forum

2: ♂, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, botanical garden, 16. February 2009 (det. & phot.: Wolfgang Hackbusch)Forum

3: ♂, Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, botanical garden, 19. February 2009 (det. & phot.: Wolfgang Hackbusch)Forum

4-5: ♀, Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, botanical garden, 3. February 2018 (det. & phot.: Wolfgang Hackbusch)Forum

6-7: ♀, Papua Neuguinea, East Sepik, ca. 1 km nördlich Burui Mission, Dorf in der Ebene zum Sepik (Grasland), ca. 40 m, 24. April 2019 (det. & fot.: Maria Felbauer), conf. Алексей Прихожий & Uri CaspiForum

1.1.1. Oviposition

1: ♀, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, Barker Street, front garden, 16. February 2009 (det. & phot.: Wolfgang Hackbusch)Forum

1.1.2. Ssp. ormenus Guérin-Méneville, [1831]

1-3: ♂, Indonesien, West Papua, Gam/Waigeo, Papua Explorers Dive Resort, Gartenanlage angrenzend an tropischen Regenwald, 2 m, 4. November 2017 (det. & fot.: Ernst Näf)Forum

2. Diagnosis

2.1. Original description

1-2: Donovan (1805: unpaginated text, pl. 14) [from copyright-free scans at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Biology

3.1. Habitat

1: Indonesien, West Papua, Gam/Waigeo, Papua Explorers Dive Resort, Gartenanlage angrenzend an tropischen Regenwald, 2 m, 31. Oktober 2017 (fot.: Ernst Näf)Forum

2: Papua Neuguinea, East Sepik, ca. 1 km nördlich Burui Mission, Dorf in der Ebene zum Sepik (Grasland), ca. 40 m, 24. April 2019 (fot.: Maria Felbauer)Forum

4. Further information

4.1. Synonyms

• Papilio erectheus Donovan, 1805 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Papilio oberon Grose-Smith, 1897 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Papilio doddi Oberthür, 1916 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Papilio oritas f. albator Niepelt, 1916 [synonym according to funet.fi]

4.2. Subspecies

• Papilio aegeus ormenus Guérin-Méneville, [1831] [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Papilio aegeus adrastus Felder & Felder, [1864] [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Papilio aegeus oritas Goldman & Salvin, 1879 [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Papilio aegeus othello Grose-Smith, 1894 [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Papilio aegeus websteri Grose-Smith, 1894 [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Papilio aegeus keianus Rothschild, 1896 [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Papilio aegeus ormenulus Fruhstorfer, 1902 [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Papilio aegeus goramensis Rothschild, 1908 [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Papilio aegeus kissuanus Rothschild, 1908 [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Papilio aegeus aegatinus Rothschild, 1908 [subspecies according to funet.fi]

4.3. Literature

• Original description: Donovan, E. (1805): An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite, and other Islands in the Indian, Southern, and Pacific Oceans: Including the Figures and Descriptions of One Hundred and Fifty-Three Species of the more Splendid, Beautiful, and Interesting Insects, Hitherto Discovered in those Countries, and which for the most Part have not Appeared in the Works of any Preceding Author. The Figures are Correctly Delineated from Specimens of the Insects; and with the Descriptions are Arranged According to the Linnæan System, with Reference to the Writings of Fabricius and other Entomologists: I-IV; pl. [1]-[41]; unpaginated text pages. London.

4.4. Information at other websites (external links)

• [BOLD]
• [Atlas of Living Australia]