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Graphium (Pazala) tamerlanus subsp. tamerlanus tamerlanus (Oberthur 1876

Description

Graphium (Pazala) tamerlanus tamerlanus (Oberthür, 1876) (Figure 9, A–C)

Papilio Tamerlanus Oberthür, 1876; Ét. Ent., 2: 13, pl. II, f. 1; TL: ‘Moupin’ [Baoxing, Sichuan, China].

Pazala tamerlana Chou, 1994; Monographia Rhopalocerorum Sinensium: 55, 174. [unjustified emendation, attributed to Oberthür]

Diagnostic characters: Forewing length: male 37.5–43.5 mm (mean = 40.4 ± 1.4 mm, n = 52), female 45.5 mm. Both wings rather broad, the 9 th black band of forewing mostly reaches vein 1A in males while reduced to vein CuA 2 in females, the subterminal double black bands more separated from each other.

Distribution: The northeastern margin of the Hengduan Mountains in W. China, mainly in the medium-high altitude areas west of the Sichuan Basin.

Phenology: Specimen records indicate the flight period lasts from April to July, with those collected in June and July distinctly larger. Whether this species is univoltine or bivoltine requires further investigation.

Host plant: Unknown. Probably a plant belonging to the family Lauraceae.

Notes

Published as part of Zhang, Hui-Hong, Cotton, Adam M., Condamine, Fabien L., Wang, Rong-Jiang, Hsu, Yu-Feng, Duan, Kuang, Zhang, Xin & Hu, Shao-Ji, 2020, Revision of Pazala Moore, 1888: The Graphium (Pazala) alebion and G. (P.) tamerlanus Groups, with Notes on Taxonomic and Distribution Confusions (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae), pp. 77-97 in Zootaxa 4759 (1) on pages 87-89, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4759.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/3736008

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References

  • Oberthur, C. (1876) Lepidopteres nouveaux de la Chine. Etudes d'Entomologie, 2, 13 - 34, pls. I-IV. [in French]
  • Chou, I. (1994) Monographia Rhopalocerorum Sinensium. Henan Science and Technology Publishing House, Zhengzhou, 9 + 852 pp. [in Chinese with English descriptions for new taxa]
  • Bang-Haas, O. (1933) Neubeschreibung und berichtigungen der Palaearktischen Macrolepidopterenfauna. V. Entomologische Zeitschrift, 47, 90 - 92. [in German]