Papilio arcturus arcturus Westwood, 1842

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 : 40

63a. Papilio arcturus arcturus Westwood, 1842

P. [apilio] arcturus arcturulus Fruhstorfer, 1902; Dt. ent. Z. Iris , 14 (2): 349; TL: ‘Szechuan, China’ [Sichuan, China].

Papilio arcturus [ ab.] porphyrians Obertḩr, 1914; Ét. Lépid. Comp., 9 (2): 45, pl. 251, f. 2131; TL: ‘la région sino-thibétaine, non loin de Tâ-tsien-lou’ [not far from Kangding, Sichuan, China ]. [ IFS]

Papilio arcturus ab. privatus R̂ber, 1927; Int. ent. Z., 20 (44): 400; TL: ‘Naga Hills’ [Nagaland, N.E. India]. [IFS]

Papilio arcturus dawna Tytler, 1939 ; J. Bomb. nat. Hist. Soc., 41 (2): 237; TL: ‘Dawna Taung, Dawnas’ [Dawna Range, S. Myanmar].

Distribution: found in W., S.W., C., S., and S.E. Yunnan; also found in other parts of W. China and S. China, as well as Nepal, Bhutan, N.E. India, Myanmar and Indochina.