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| Villanova, Pennsylvania USA; 7/80 ssp troilus | Charleston County, South Carolina. male ssp troilus neotype - courtesy Intl. Lepidoptera Survey |
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| Burke Co., Georgia. male ssp troilus "form ilioneus" neotype. - courtesy Intl. Lepidoptera Survey | Charleston County, South Carolina. female ssp troilus neotype - courtesy Intl. Lepidoptera Survey |
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| Collier County, Florida. male ssp fakahatcheensis neotype (? = texanus) neotype- courtesy Intl. Lepidoptera Survey | Collier County, Florida. female ssp fakahatcheensis neotype (? = texanus) - courtesy Intl. Lepidoptera Survey |
Common through most of the eastern USA to the
S Texas coast. The South Florida population has been named texanus
(as in Tyler, Brown and Wilson); it has also been described as a
new ssp, fakahatcheensis (R Gatrelle, 2000.) The problem here (as
I see it) is that there is a belief that the type of texanus actually
is from S Florida (its data are not available), and matches the new types
of fakahatcheensis. Whether the S Texas specimens are truly different
from nominate troilus or the new fakahatcheensis is not known
to me. Make your own decisions. The point is, the S florida specimens
are clearly and consistently different. This is a good example of why exact
collecting data are so important...