ZOBODAT - www.zobodat.at Zoologisch-Botanische Datenbank/Zoological-Botanical Database Digitale Literatur/Digital Literature Zeitschrift/Journal: Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo Jahr/Year: 2005 Band/Volume: 26 Autor(en)/Author(s): Peggie Djunijanti, Rawlins Andrew, Vane-Wright Richard I. Artikel/Article: An illustrated checklist of the papilionid butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) of northern and central Maluku, Indonesia 41-60 Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo, N. F. 26 (/2): 4–60 (2005) 4 An illustrated checklist of the papilionid butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) of northern and central Maluku, Indonesia Djunijanti Peggie, Andrew Rawlins, and Richard I. Vane-Wright Dr. Djunijanti Peggie, Entomology Lab, Zoology Division, Research Center for Biology, LIPI, Jl. Raya Jakarta Bogor Km. 46, Cibinong 6911, Java, Indonesia; e-mail:
[email protected] Andrew Rawlins, 392 Maidstone Road, Rainham, Kent ME8 0JA, U.K. Dr. Richard I. Vane-Wright, Biogeography and Conservation Laboratory, Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, U.K.; e-mail:
[email protected] Abstract: An annotated checklist of the 5 genera, 38 species data essential for biogeographic analyses and for conser- and 84 subspecies of Papilionidae (swallowtail, swordtail and vation evaluation. Vane-Wright & de Jong (2003) have birdwing butterflies) known from the northern and central recently summarised similar information for the Sulawesi islands of Maluku (Indonesia), including Kepulauan Sula, is presented. Nine of the species are endemic (2 Graphium, region. The first two papers in this series (Vane-Wright 2 Troides, 2 Ornithoptera, 3 Papilio), with only Pachliopta & Peggie 1994, Peggie et al. 1995) set out the objectives lacking species entirely restricted to the area.