Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. [1]18(121): 374-375; figured by G. Gray [1853], Cat. Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus.: 64, no. 282, pl. 5 fig. 1 ♂ D.
Original Combination: Pap[ilio]. Pharnaces
Type Locality: “America Merid.”; Godman & Salvin (1890), Biol. centr.-amer., Lepid. Rhop. 2(88): 231-232, no. 64, noted that all specimens in the NHMUK were from “Oaxaca.” [Mexico] (連結)