Papilio demoleus demoleus Linnaeus, 1758

Hu, Shao-Ji, Cotton, Adam M., Lamas, Gerardo, Duan, Kuang & Zhang, Xin, 2023, Checklist of Yunnan Papilionidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) with nomenclatural notes and descriptions of new subspecies, Zootaxa 5362 (1), pp. 1-69 : 43-44

69a. Papilio demoleus demoleus Linnaeus, 1758

Papilio erithonius Cramer, 1779 ; Uitl. Kapellen, 3 (20): 67, pl. 232, f. A–B; TL: ‘en Chine, à Java & sur la Côte de Coromandel’ [ China, Java and coastal S.E. India].

Papilio epius Fabricius, 1793 ; Ent. Syst., 3 (1): 35; TL: ‘China’.

Papilio erithonius var. Demoleinus Obertḩr, 1879; Ét. Ent., 4: 57; TL: ‘Chine’ [ China].

Pap. [ilio] demoleus libanius Fruhstorfer, 1908; Ent. Z., 22 (35): 141; TL: ‘Takau, Formosa’ [Kaohsiung, Taiwan, China].

P. [apilio] d. [emoleus] demoleus ab. rubropunctata Dufrane, 1946; Bull. Annls. Soc. R. ent . Belg., 82 (5/6): 112; TL: ‘ Cho Ganh , Tonkin’ [Cho Ganh, Ninh Bình, N. Vietnam]. [ IFS]

P. [apilio] d. [emoleus] demoleus ab. obliterata Dufrane, 1946; Bull. Annls. Soc. R. ent . Belg., 82 (5/6): 112; TL: ‘Phu-lang-thuong, Tonkin’ [Bac Giang, N. Vietnam]. [ IFS]

P. [apilio] d. [emoleus] demoleus ab. jordani Dufrane, 1946; Bull. Annls. Soc. R. ent . Belg., 82 (5/6): 113; TL: ‘ région de Hanoï, Tonkin’ [Hanoi, N. Vietnam]. [ IFS]

P. [apilio] d. [emoleus] demoleus ab. bipunctata Dufrane, 1946; Bull. Annls. Soc. R. ent . Belg., 82 (5/6): 113; TL: ‘ Cho Ganh , Tonkin’ [Cho Ganh, Ninh Bình, N. Vietnam]. [ IFS]

P. [apilio] d. [emoleus] demoleus ab. punctata Dufrane, 1946; Bull. Annls. Soc. R. ent . Belg., 82 (5/6): 113; TL: ‘ Hoa binh, Tonkin’ [Hoa Binh, N. Vietnam]. [ IFS]

P. [apilio] d. [emoleus] demoleus ab. tripunctata Dufrane, 1946; Bull. Annls. Soc. R. ent . Belg., 82 (5/6): 113; TL: ‘ Hoa binh, Tonkin’ [Hoa Binh, N. Vietnam]. [ IFS]

P. [apilio] d. [emoleus] demoleus ab. coomani Dufrane, 1946; Bull.Annls. Soc. R. ent . Belg., 82 (5/6): 113; TL: ‘ Hoa binh, Tonkin’ [Hoa Binh, N. Vietnam]. [ IFS]

P. [apilio] d. [emoleus] demoleus ab. lemoulti Dufrane, 1946; Bull. Annls. Soc. R. ent . Belg., 82 (5/6): 113; TL: ‘ Longt Che Ou , Chine’ [Longzhou, Guangxi, China]. [ IFS]

P. [apilio] d. [emoleus] demoleus ab. joannisi Dufrane, 1946; Bull. Annls. Soc. R. ent . Belg., 82 (5/6): 113; TL: ‘ Cho Ganh , Tonkin’ [Cho Ganh, Ninh Bình, N. Vietnam]. [ IFS]

P. [apilio] d. [emoleus] demoleus ab. ochrea Dufrane, 1946; Bull. Annls. Soc. R. ent . Belg., 82 (5/6): 113; TL: ‘ Longt Che Ou , Chine’ [Longzhou, Guangxi, China]. [ IFS]

Papilio demoleus var. flavosignatus Heydemann, 1954 ; Z. Wien. ent. Ges., 39 (11): 388; TL: ‘Dschellalabad, Afganistan’ [Jalalabad, Afghanistan].

Distribution: commonly found in lowlands and river valleys in W., S.W., C., S., and S.E. Yunnan; also found in S. China (including Taiwan Island) and N. Indochina through India westward to the Middle East.