77b. Papilio bootes parcesquamata Rosen, 1929

P.[apilio] bootes parcesquamata Rosen, 1929; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde, Suppl. 1: 12, pl. 2c; TL: ‘from Lutsekiang and from Rohand [sic] in the Province of Yunnan’ [upper Salween Valley and Baihanluo, N.W. Yunnan, China].

Distribution: confined to the Nujiang-Salween watershed.

Note: HW basal area pale grey; 4 postdiscal white spots, the spot in cell R 5 usually smaller than in ssp. mindoni; tails black, sometimes with a paired spot just indicated.