Graphium macareus vadimi Cotton & Hu, 2023

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 : 20-21

25c. Graphium macareus vadimi Cotton & Hu ssp. nov. ( Figure 5 )

Description: ♁. Forewing length: 42 mm. Forewing upperside: ground colour blackish with greyish white markings, five short stripes in discocell, four spots just beyond end of discocell, followed by four arrow-head shape markings each, large stripes in cells 2A to M 3, with that in cell CuA 2 divided by black streak, subterminal spots in cells CuA 2 to R 3. Forewing underside: ground colour light brown except for the lower one third beyond discocell being blackish, markings as upperside. Hindwing upperside: ground colour blackish, with basal three quarters filled by greyish white; veins blackish, black streak running through discocell, black termen very broad, with less developed subterminal whitish spots (only faintly indicated in cells CuA 2 and CuA 1). Hindwing underside: ground colour light brown, markings very similar to upperside, while the subterminal and terminal area strongly irrigated by brownish scales, tornal area blackish with two grey lunules. ♀. Forewing length: 44–46 mm. Both wings broader, hindwing upperside ground colour with brownish hue, markings similar to male.

Differential diagnosis: Size equal to ssp. indochinensis . The distinct difference is the hindwing, darker with a chestnut hue, and with much reduced postdiscal stripes and submarginal markings.

Type material: HOLOTYPE: ♂, Diancang Shan (1,400–1,850 m), 14 km S.E. of Yangbi, Dali Prefecture, 2007-VI-3, V. Tshikolovets leg. [ AMC] . PARATYPES: 1♀, Pingpo, Yangbi, Dali Prefecture, 1997-VI, unknown collector [ DLU] ; 1♀, Pingpo (2,000 m), Yangbi, Dali Prefecture, 1998-VI-11, unknown collector [ DLU] .

Holotype currently housed in the collection of A.M. Cotton.

Distribution: currently only known from Yangbi area in Dali Prefecture.

Etymology: The subspecies name is dedicated to the discoverer, Vadim Tshikolovets, a lepidopterist and a good friend from Ukraine. The subspecies name is a masculine noun in the genitive case.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Types of Graphium macareus vadimi Cotton & Hu ssp. nov.; upperside on the first row, underside on the second row; A: holotype, ♂, B and C: paratypes, ♀; scale bar = 10 mm.