- Ssp. gebeensis Parrott, 198540) [♂, ♀]
= latimarginata Sumiyoshi, 198958) [♂] (Gebe Is.)
(Distribution) [Map 14]
INDONESIA [Maluku] Gebe Is. (between Halmahera Is. and Waigeo Is.)
(Episodes of discovery and original description)
The priamus from Gebe Is., Indonesia, was described as a new subspecies based on ♂(holotype) collected by J. Waterstradt in 1903, ♀(allotype) collected by I. Toeante in 1981, and 2♂♂, 4♀♀(paratypes), however, earlier, in 1979 it had already been reported by Haugum & Low as ssp. poseidon.
(Characteristics)
A subspecies distributed in the extreme northwest. It is difficult to distinguish it from ssp. poseidon.
(Spotted pattern)
♂: The FW is conspicuously pointed at the apex and the green bands are narrow. Many individuals lack golden spots on the HW.
♀: The ground color of the wings is dark blackish brown. The pale discal spots of spaces 3-5 on the HW reach the cell. In some specimen, a small white spot appears at the apex of the cell.