TAXONOMY AND SPECIES

1.Ornithoptera croesus  croesus ssp. croesus ( Wallace, 1859 )

FORMS:

MALE:

f.berchmansi (Van den Bergh, 1928)-f.lydioides (Frushtorfer, 1900)-f.boutoni (Haugum&Low, 1979)

f.biaureomaculata (Schäffler, 2001)

FEMALE:

f.bahmedi (Deslisle, 2004)

DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia, Bacan Island

TYPE LOCALITY: Batjan Island (Wallace, 1858)

f.andreae

                          Bacan Island 

b)Ornithoptera croesus croesus f. loc. helios  (Kobayashi & Hayami, 1992 )

FORMS:

MALE: 

f.berchmansi (van den Bergh, 1928)-f.foli (Deslisle, 2004)-f.atalli (Deslisle&Sclavo)

DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia: Kasiruta Island

TYPE LOCALITY: Malaku, Kasiruta Island, Indonesia

 c) Ornithoptera  croesus croesus f. loc. wallacei  (Deslisle, 1993)

FORMS:

MALE:

f.berchmansi (Van den Bergh,1928)-f.lydioides (Frushtorfer, 1900)-f.biaureomaculata (Schäffler, 2001)

f.andrea (Schäffler, 2001)-f.foli (Deslisle, 2004)

DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia: Maluku, Mandioli Island

TYPE LOCALITY: Mandiaoli Island, Indonesia

f.andreae

          Moluccas, Halmahera Island 

2.Ornithoptera croesus ssp. lydius  ( C.Felder & R.Felder, 1865)

FORMS:

MALE: 

f.berchmansi (Van den Bergh, 1928)-f.nigra (Van den Bergh, 1928)-f.flammeus (Niepelt, 1931)

f.nigrocincta (Rousseau-Decelle, 1935)-f.watsoni (Haugum&Low, 1979)-f.boutoni (Haugum&Low, 1979)

f.olivei (Parrott&Deslisle, 1987)-f.pannis (Parrott&Deslisle, 1987)-f.andrea (Schäffler, 2001)-f.carinae (Schäffler, 2001)

f.perroni (Deslisle&Sclavo, 2008)-f.laplantei (Deslisle&Sclavo, 2008)-f.pseudocroesus (Deslisle&Sclavo)

FEMALE:

f.nudus (Parrott&Deslisle, 1987)-f.fusca (Sumiyoshi, 1989)-f.jeannedarcae (Deslisle, 1996)-f.reducta (Goussey, 2003)

DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia: Halmahera Island (Galela, Tobelo, Ibu, Togola Wayoli, Susupu, Goal, Jailolo) Kahatola, Ternate, Tidore and Doi Islands

TYPE LOCALITY: Halmahera Island, Indonesia

b) Ornithoptera croesus lydius f. loc. toeantei (Parrott&Schmid,1984) 

FORMS:

MALE: 

f.berchmansi (van den Bergh, 1928)-f.boutoni (Haugum&Low, 1979)-f.nigra (van den Bergh, 1928)-f.watsoni (Haugum&Low, 1978)

f.carinae (Schäffler, 2001)-f.croesuides (Schäffler, 2007-f.martini (Schäffler, 2007)

FEMALE:

f.fusca (Sumiyoshi, 1989)-f.agatheae (Deslisle&Sclavo,2008)

DISTRIBUTION: Morotai Island (Daeo River area)

TYPE LOCALITY: Morotai Island, Indonesia. November 1983 800m

Ornithoptera croesus sananaensis   (status?)