Graphium (Pazala) mandarinus mandarinus ( Oberthür, 1879 ), mandarinus (Oberthur, 1879

Hu, Shao-Ji, Cotton, Adam M., Condamine, Fabien L., Duan, Kuang, Wang, Rong-Jiang, Hsu, Yu-Feng, Zhang, Xin & Cao, Jun, 2018, Revision of Pazala Moore, 1888: The Graphium (Pazala) mandarinus (Oberthür, 1879) Group, with Treatments of Known Taxa and Descriptions of New Species and New Subspecies (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae), Zootaxa 4441 (3), pp. 401-446 : 437

Graphium (Pazala) mandarinus mandarinus ( Oberthür, 1879)

( Figure 25 , F and G)

[ Papilio ] Glycerion variété géographique Mandarinus Oberthür, 1879 , Étud. d’Ent., 4: 115; TL: “Moupin” [= Baoxing, W. Sichuan, China].

Pazala mandarina ; Chou, 1994; Monographia Rhopalocerorum Sinensium: 55, 176 (unjustified emendation).

Diagnostic characters: The largest subspecies of mandarinus , forewing length: male 31.0–39.0 mm (mean = 36.4 ± 1.5 mm, n = 48), female 39.5 mm (only one female examined). Forewing, apex blunt, not produced, termen straight or slightly concave in the middle; veins M1 to Cu2 usually tinged with black scales, especially near the base. Hindwing, black discal band on the upperside well developed in male but often reduced in female, submarginal black short lines well developed on the upperside in both sexes, reaching costa or at least space sc+r1.

Distribution: Sichuan and W. Hubei, China.

Phenology: Probably bivoltine like the preceding subspecies; further surveys are required in future.

Host plant: This subspecies feeds on Litsea populifolia (Lauraceae) in W. Sichuan, China (Zhi-Bing Chen, pers. comm.).

Figures

FIGURE 25. Three known subspecies of G. (P.) mandarinus (Oberthür, 1879) from Sichuan and Indo-China; upperside in the first row, underside in the second row; scale bar = 10 mm. A: ssp. kimurai Murayama, 1982, ♂, Doi Inthanon, Chiang Mai, N. Thailand; B: ssp. kimurai Murayama, 1982, ♂, Mt. Ashaemyinanaukmyin, W. Shan State, Myanmar; C: ditto, ♀; D: ssp. fangana (K. Okano, 1986), ♂, Doi Pu Meun, Chiang Mai, N. Thailand; E: ditto, ♀; F: ssp. mandarinus, ♂, Baoxing, W. Sichuan. China; G: ssp. mandarinus, ♀, Daba Shan, W. Sichuan. China.