Papilio chaon chaon Westwood, 1845

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 : 45

73a. Papilio chaon chaon Westwood, 1845

Pap. [ilio] chaon dispensator Fruhstorfer, 1908; Ent. Z., 22 (18): 73; TL: ‘Tonkin’ [N. Vietnam].

Pap. [ilio] chaon duketius Fruhstorfer, 1908; Ent. Z., 22 (18): 73; TL: ‘Siam’ [ Thailand].

Pap. [ilio] chaon chaon ♀ forma leucacantha Fruhstorfer, 1908; Ent. Z., 22 (18): 73; TL: ‘Sikkim’ [N.E. India] . [IFS]

P. [apilio] chaon chaon ab. paryphanta Jordan, 1909; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 9, (27): 53; TL: ‘Cherra Punji, Assam’ [Cherrapunji, Meghalaya, N.E. India]. [ IFS]

Papilio chaon ab. xanthia Boullet & Le Cerf, 1912; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr., 1912 (11): 247; TL: ‘ Cambodge, Pnom-Penh’ [Phnom Penh, Cambodia]. [IFS]

P. [apilio] ch.[aon] chaon ab. tripunctata Dufrane, 1936; Lambillionea, 36 (2): 42; TL: ‘Sikkim’ [N.E. India]. [IFS]

P. [apilio] ch.[aon] chaon ab. pseudochaonulus Dufrane, 1936; Lambillionea, 36 (2): 42; TL: ‘Sikkim’ [N.E. India]. [IFS]

Distribution: commonly found in low altitude tropical areas in W. to S.E. Yunnan; also found in S. China, as well as Nepal to Myanmar and Indochina.

Note: Condamine et al. (2023) confirmed the identity of Papilio chaon as a separate species from P. nephelus , found in the Malay Peninsular, Sumatra, Borneo and Java. Thus, the species in Yunnan is correctly P. chaon , with the nominotypical subspecies and ssp. rileyi present in the province.