Papilio janaka Moore, 1857

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 : 49

78. Papilio janaka Moore, 1857 ( Figure 20 )

Papilio janaka Moore, 1857 ; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1857 (333): 104, Annulosa, pl. 45; TL: ‘Darjeeling’ [N.E. India].

Papilio sikkimensis Wood-Mason, 1882 ; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (5) 9 (50): 103; TL: ‘ Sikkim Hills’ [N.E. India].

P. [apilio] kala Tytler, 1915; J. Bomb. nat. Hist. Soc., 23 (3): 515; TL: ‘ Loharjang in Western Garhwal’ [N.W. India].

Distribution: only found in areas to the west of Gaoligong Shan and Dulongjiang valley, N.W. Yunnan; also found in S. Tibet and from N.W. India to N. Myanmar.

Figures

FIGURE 20. Comparison of four subspecies of Papilio bootes Westwood, 1842 found in Yunnan, China and Papilio janaka Moore, 1857. A: ♂, P. bootes mindoni Tytler, 1939 from Yingjiang, W. Yunnan; B: ♀, ditto, Tengchong, W. Yunnan; C: ♂, P. bootes parcesquamata Rosen, 1929 from Fugong, W. Yunnan; D: ♀, ditto, Fugong, W. Yunnan; E: ♂, P. bootes rubicundus Fruhstorfer, 1909 from Jinping, S. Yunnan; F: ♂, ditto, Yangbi, W. Yunnan; G: ♂, ditto, Dali, W. Yunnan; H: ♂, P. bootes nigricauda Lamas & Cotton nom. nov. from Yulong, N.W. Yunnan; I: ♀, ditto, Zhongdian, N.W. Yunnan; J: ♂, P. janaka Moore, 1857 from Dulongjiang, N.W. Yunnan. Scale bar = 10 mm.