The white band of the hindwing formed as in P. aegeus, i. e. the 1. patch prolonged basad; beneath the hindwing round the cell, which are distally rounded and all closely approximated to it, the 1. spot sometimes indistinct or obsolete.

The butterfly in woods, where it is not easy to catch on account of the thick undergrowth and its swift flight.

Appears to occur on all the islands of the Solomon Group.Karl Jordan in Seitz.See this work for the forms.

The clade members are Papilio bridgei depicted on a 5 January 1982 Solomon Islands postage stamp (SLB914: 25c).

Named for "Captain Cyprian A. G. Bridge who commanded H.M. ship Espiègle during her long and interesting Commission of nearly four years, a greater portion of which time was spent among the islands of the Western Pacific."