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| Halmahera, Indonesia; 6/96 ssp. telegonus This specimen is exceptional (not typical) in the richness of the blue | Rabaul, New Britain ssp. ambiguus female |
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| Manus Island, Indonesia July 1990 ssp gabrielus | Santa Isabel Island Solomons ssp?? |
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| Misool Is ssp dirce male | Trobriand Is ssp telemachus |
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| Guadalcanal ssp orsippus | same data female |
Common and widespread from the Moluccas east to the Solomon Islands and south to Australia. Females are larger in general with less blue and a duller color. Fifteen or so subspecies at least are described, including:
ulysses - Ceram, Ambon
morotaicus - Morotoi
telegonus - Bachan, Halmahera
dohertius - Obi
ampelius - Buru
reikoae - Manipa
melanotica - Dampier
psychon - Waigeao
oxyartes - Aru
denticulata - Biak
dirce - Misool
telemachus - Trobriand
autolycus - New Guinea
gabrielis - Admiralty islands
ambiguus - New Britain and New Ireland
georguus - New Georgia
? ssp?? - St Isabel Solomon islands
nigerrimus - Bougainville
orsippus - Guadalcanal
joesa - Queensland Australia