Papilio polytes romulus Cramer, 1775

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 : 46

74b. Papilio polytes romulus Cramer, 1775

Papilio romulus Cramer, 1775 ; Uitl. Kapellen, 1 (4): 67, pl. 43, f. A; TL: ‘Côtes de Coromandel & de Ceylon’ [S. E. India & Sri Lanka].

Papilio mutius Fabricius, 1793 ; Ent. Syst., 3 (1): 3; TL: ‘Tranquebariae’ [ Tharangambadi, S.E. India].

Papilio cyrus Fabricius, 1793 ; Ent. Syst., 3 (1): 7; TL: ‘[unknown]’.

Papilio astyanax Fabricius, 1793 ; Ent. Syst., 3 (1): 13; TL: ‘India’. [JH of Papilio astyanax, Fabricius, 1775 ( Nymphalidae )]

Princeps heroicus Stichius H ü bner, [1808]; Samml. Exot. Schmett., 1: pl. [112], f. 1–2; TL: ‘not stated’.

Papilio polytes ceylanicus C. Felder & R. Felder, 1864 ; Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien, 14 (3): 319, 367; TL: ‘ Ceylon (Rambodde)’ [Ramboda, Sri Lanka].

P. [apilio] polytes pammon (?) forma cyroides Fruhstorfer, 1909; Ent. Z., 22 (43): 178; TL: ‘Sikkim’ [N.E. India]. [IFS]

P. [apilio] polytes neomelanides Fruhstorfer, 1909; Ent. Z., 22 (43): 178; TL: ‘Singapore’.

P. [apilio] polytes ♀ forma rubida Fruhstorfer, 1909; Ent. Z., 22 (43): 179; TL: ‘Malabar’ [S. W. India]. [IFS] Papilio chalcas Fabricius, 1938 ; in Bryk, Syst. Glossat.: 19; TL: ‘in Asiae Chalcas’ [JH of Papilio chalcas Fabricius, 1775 ( Papilionidae )].

Papilio chalcaevorus Fabricius, 1938 ; in Bryk, Syst. Glossat.: 24; TL: ‘in Asiae Chalcas’

Papilio polytes romulus ♂ f. abdulazizia Tung, 1982; Tokurana., 4: 58, pl. 10, f. 1–2; TL: ‘ Perak: Cameron Highlands 7 th mile’ [E. of Tapah, Perak, W. Malaysia]. [IFS]

Distribution: commonly found in most tropical lowlands in S. to S.E. Yunnan; also found from India to Indochina and the Malay Peninsula.