Subspecies
• A. h. hercules New Guinea • A. h. leo Druce, 1894 Waigeu, New Guinea- the under surface looks as if it were hoary or tarnished with greenish mildew or blight, postmeclian band of the forewing is irregular or torn. • A. h. droa (Evans, 1957) Papua, Sariba, Fergusson Island, Tagula, Yela • A. h. stymphelus Fruhstorfer, 1914 Obi, Bachan, Halmahera, Misool - smaller and beneath dark greenish-grey, the metallic colouring at the anal angle of the hindwing is faint; the female which is in typical hercules above blue except the margin of the wing, is only in the basal parts of the wings yet of a dim blue. • A. h. tyrannus C. & R. Felder, [1865] Bachan, Halmahera - beneath without any hoary tint, and with much darker cross-bands; the female is above without any blue; it is uni-coloured dark brown • A. h. sophilus Fruhstorfer, 1914 Obi, Tanimbar, West Irian - smaller beneath lighter greyish-brown, the cross-band narrower and somewhat bordered with whitish; the female above sometimes shows traces of blue in the disc • A. h. leontodamas (Toxopeus, 1930) Gebe, Misool • A. h. phalaereus Fruhstorfer, 1914 Jobi, Mioswar, West Irian - beneath a more deeply greenish-grey base of the hindwing and a widened median transverse band • A. h. herculina Staudinger, 1888 Waigeu - above brighter blue, and the under surface is but feebly greyish hoary, the median band quite irregular ==References==