Battus polydamas ssp. antiquus (Antiguan Swallowtail)

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Antigua Polydamas Swallowtail
(Battus polydamas antiquus)

This subspecies from the island of Antigua is known only from a painting from the year 1770.

syn. Papilio polydamas antiquus

source:

David W. Steadman; Gregory K. Pregill; Storrs L. Olson: 'Fossil vertebrates from Antigua, Lesser Antilles: Evidence for late Holocene human-caused extinctions in the West Indies' (1984)

[Melanie]

Fulltext can be find here: www.pnas.org/content/81/14/4448.full.pdf+html

[another specialist]

B. p. antiquus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)

Papilio polydamas antiquus Rothschild & Jordan, 1906; Novit. Zool. 13 (3): (411-752), TL: Antigua
Battus (Battus) polydamas antiquus ; Möhn, 1999, Butterflies of the World 5: 4, pl. 5, f. 2
Battus polydamas antiquus ; [NL4A, #53b]

www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/papilionidae/papilioninae/battus/index.html

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And here is a picture.:

butterfliesofamerica.com/imagehtmls/Papilionidae/Battus_polydamas_antiquus_1_i.htm

[Melanie]

Rothschild's and Jordan's first description

www.archive.org/stream/novitateszoologi13lond#page/522/mode/2up/search/antiquus

[koeiyabe]

"Living Things Vanished from the Earth (in Japanese)" by Toshio Inomata (1993)
with Rhinthon bushi, Battus polydamas antiquus (below right), Cuban Macaw, and Caribbean monk seal.

[koeiyabe]

"The Earth Extinct Entomological Chronicles (in Japanese)" by Toshio Inomata (1988)