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W Java Indonesia; 10/94 ssp agamemnon | Halmahera Is Indonesia ssp guttatus |
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Port Blair Andaman Is November 1969 (?) ssp andamanum | Celebes is July 1990 ssp comodos |
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Mt Mutis, E Timor Jan 1997 ssp exilis female |
Agamemnon has a very wide range throughout SE Asia east to the Solomon Islands, and is very common throughout. Numerous subspecies described; the most variation being seen in the eastern most part of the range. A few are listed below:
agamemnon - Mainland China/ Thailand, Malaysia,
India, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Bali, Palawan
menides - Sri Lanka
decoratum - Nicobar islands
andamanum - Andaman Islands
lasius - Simalue Is
rufoplenus - Nias Is
atropictus - Enganao Is
baweanum - Bawean
meton - Lesser Sunda Islands
exilis - Wetar, Timor, Tanimbar region
comodus - Celebes and surrounding smaller
islands
enoplos - Palau
guttatus - Morotoi, Halmahera, Obi, Bachan
plisthenes - Buru, Ambon, Ceram
argynnus - Kai
myneon - Queensland Australia
obliteratus - Louisade archipelago
ligatus - New Guinea and smaller islands
neopommeranius - New Britain, New Ireland
ugiensis - Ugi Island
solomonus - Solomon island chain