vicinity of Mt Kinabalu , Borneo June 1968 female ssp dayacus | vicinity of Mt Kinabalu , Borneo June 1968 female ssp dayacus |
Santa Isabel Is., Solomons ssp xenophilus male | Santa Isabel Is., Solomons ssp xenophilus female |
Buin Bougainville, June 1978 ssp hasteri |
Malaysia, Borneo, Indonesia (but not Sumatra, Java, lesser Sunda islands) east to New Guinea and the Solomon islands, and south to Australia. Several ssp. described:
andamanicus - Andaman Islands
prexaspes - Malay Peninsula
dayacus - Borneo
pertinax - Talaud, N Celebes
talyabona - Sula
porrothenus - S Celebes, Taqnajampea, Selayar
lapethus - Halmahera, Morotoi, Bachan
ombrianus - Obi
fuscus - Buru, Ambon, Ceram
offakus - Waigeo
beccari - Irian Jaya
thompsoni - Kei Island
rotalita - Aru Island
indicatus - Papua New Guinea
nomus - Torres is (New Hebrides)
cilix - New Hanover, New Ireland
lamponius - New Britain
hasteri - Bougainville
xenophilus - Santa Isabel, Rendova, Guadalcanal
vitilus - Yule
pergotyles - St Aignan
capaneus -Australia, Thursday Is, New S Wales