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Cressida Swainson, [1832]: Cressida Swainson, [1832]; Zool. Illustr. (2) 3 (21): pl. 94, TS: Cressida heliconides Swainson
Eurycus Boisduval, [1836]; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1 : 391-392 (repl. for Cressida)

Cressida cressida (Fabricius, 1775)

N.Australia, New Guinea. See [About maps] Papilio cressida Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 448
Papilio harmonia Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 20
Papilio harmonides Godart, 1819; Encyclopédie Méthodique. 9 (1): 76
Cressis heliconides Swainson, 1832; Zool. Illustr. (2) 3 (21): pl. 94
Eurycus cressida intermedius Rothschild, 1918; Novit. Zool. 25 : 66, TL: Port Darwin; Eureka, Australia
Eurycus cressida kühni Rothschild, 1918; Novit. Zool. 25 : 66, TL: Sermatta Island
Cressida cressida, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Cressida cressida ; [BOW: pl. 131, f. 11]

Larva on Aristolochia holtzei, A. pubera, A. thozetii, A. spp. K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)

Cape York - Sydney, Thurday I., Tanimbar Is., Babar, Leti I. Cressida cressida cressida ; [BAUR, 82]

C. c. cassandra (Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914)

N.Territory Eurycus cassandra Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914; Butts Australia: 171
Cressida cressida cassandra ; [BAUR, 82 (text)]

C. c. troilus (Butler, 1876)

Papua Eurycus troilus Butler, 1876; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 18 (105) : 247
Cressida cressida troilus ; [BAUR, 82]

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References:

[About maps]: Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[BAUR]: D'Abrera, 1977; Butterflies of the Australian Region (2nd edn)
[BOW]: Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X
[Don Herbison-Evans]: and Stella A. Crossley; Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans

Some related literature:

Boisduval, [1836]: Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptéres. Tome Premier Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1 : 1-690, pl. 1-24
Butler, 1876: On a Collection of Lepidoptera from Port Moresby, New Guinea Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 18 (105) : 240-249
K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991: Review of Australian Butterflies: distribution, life history and taxonomy. Pushlished by authors, Melbourne Review Austr. Butts. (1-4):
Fabricius, 1775: Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Syst. Ent.: 832pp
Godart, 1819: in Latreille & Godart, Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle Entomologie. 9 Encyclopédie Méthodique. 9 (1): 3-328 (1819), (2): 329-828 ([1824])
Rothschild, 1918: Catalogue of Zerynthiinae and Allied Genera in the Tring Museum Novit. Zool. 25 : 64-75
Swainson, 1832: Zoological illustrations, or original figures and descriptions of new, rare or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities. Second series Zool. Illustr. (2) 1: 1-30, pl. 1-30 (1829), 1: 31-45, pl. 31-45 (1830), 2 (11): 46-50, pl. 46-50, 2 (12): 51-55, pl. 51-55, 2 (13): 56-60, pl. 56-60, 2 (14): 61-65, pl. 61-65, 2 (15): 66-70, pl. 66-70, 2 (16): 71-75, pl. 71-75, 2 (17): 76-80, pl. 76-80, 2 (18): 81-85, pl. 81-85 (1831), 2 (19): 86-90, pl. 86-90, 2 (20): 91, pl. 91 (1832), 3 (21): 92-96, pl. 92-96 (1832), 3 (22): 97-101, pl. 97-101, 3 (23): 102-106, pl. 102-106, 3 (24): 107-111, pl. 107-111, 3 (25): 112-116, pl. 112-116, 3 (26): 117-121, pl. 117-121, 3 (27): 122-126, pl. 122-126, 3 (28): 127-131, pl. 127-131, 3 (29): 132-136, pl. 132-136 (1833)
Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914: The Butterflies of Australia, a Monograph of the Australian Rhopalocera, introducing ... Butts Australia: 239pp, 42 pls

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