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| S. Sulawesi; 1/77 (Leg J Holden) | S. Sulawesi; 1/77 (Leg J Holden) male form pallens (note female pallens is much paler than female haliphron - neither female is illustrated here) |
Generally abundant where found, but confined to Sulawesi and the lesser Sunda Islands Troides staudingeri has at time been classified with haliphron. A number of other subspecies have been described from various islands in SE Indonesia, but it appears to be absent from Timor.
haliphron - South Celebes
naias - Sumba Is
socrates - Wetar and Sumbawa (probably a
local form and not a subspecies)
selayarensis - Selayar
celebensis - possibly central Celebes - the
status of this taxon is unclear. It has been placed with T
criton, T oblongomaculata, and
some consider it to by a hybrid with T helena hephaestus.
It is rather rare at any rate.