Heads up: Some or all of the identifications affected by this split may have been replaced with identifications of Menelaides. This happens when we can't automatically assign an identification to one of the output taxa. Review identifications of Papilio fuscus 496560

Taxonomic Split 135563 (Committed on 2023-12-04)

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Added by rfoster on December 4, 2023 11:55 PM | Committed by rfoster on December 4, 2023
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@thebeachcomber here's the split that deals ONLY with Australian observations. I'm not all that comfortable with doing a partial split like this but it seems a pragmatic approach. I'm unable to view the paper so can't do the species across its entire range, even if I was inclined to. Your thoughts? Feel free to commit if you don't see any problems with it.

Posted by rfoster 5 months ago

Will the unatlased fuscus records remain as fuscus or will they become Menelaides as suggested by the heads up blurb?

Posted by rfoster 5 months ago

Have made an atlas that excludes Australia for P. fuscus to ensure IDs aren't downgraded. It can be refined later if further splits are made of non-Aust populations.

Posted by rfoster 5 months ago

thanks Ralph, I'll have a look now

Posted by thebeachcomber 5 months ago

and for completeness, here is a link to a PDF of the paper: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10tv8cGJEAXbJuwhR0dJIM4BIRzX6ViLc/view?usp=sharing

Posted by thebeachcomber 5 months ago

ah I see you already committed this, sorry for not commenting earlier, I was in the field for the entirety of today

Posted by thebeachcomber 5 months ago

fyi @pewin they should all be automatically swapped over now, let us know if you see any errors or issues

Posted by thebeachcomber 5 months ago

Thanks - I suspect the PNG and Pacific Island "Fuscous" Swallowtail are also Capaneus Swallowtail (of various subspecies) but I can't access the paper to confirm that.
Cheers
Peter

Posted by pewin 5 months ago

if you click the link above, I uploaded the paper for you

Posted by thebeachcomber 5 months ago

Thank you - the island species definitely need a revisit at some stage

Posted by pewin 5 months ago

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