77d. Papilio bootes nigricauda Lamas & Cotton nom. nov.

Papilio bootes nigricauda Lamas & Cotton nom. nov.; [Replacement name].

P. [apilio] bootes nigricans Rothschild, 1895; Novit. zool., 2 (3): 335; TL: ‘Western China’; [JH of Papilio aristeus var. nigricans Eimer, 1889 ( Papilionidae)].

Distribution: found in the Yangtze watershed in Yunnan; also found in Sichuan Province.

Note: HW without postdiscal white spots, or with 1–2 wedge-shaped spots, often diffuse; tails black, but can be marked with a pale spot in the female.