55. Meandrusa sciron (Leech, 1890)

Papilio sciron Leech, 1890; Entomologist, 23 (325): 192; TL: ‘Chia-Kou-Ho ... Huang-mu-Chung’ [Jinkouhe (Leshan) and Huangmu Zhen (Hanyuan), W. Sichuan, China].

Papilio hercules Blanchard, 1871; C. R. Hebd. Séanc.Acad. Sci., 72 (25): 809 (note); TL: ‘Mou-pin’ [Baoxing, W. Sichuan, China] [JH of Papilio hercules Dalman, 1823 ( Nymphalidae)].

Papilio gyas var. porus Strecker, 1900; Lepid. Rhop. Het., Suppl. 3: 17; TL: ‘Garo Hills, Assam’ [‘ Meghalaya, N.E. India’, loc. err. = China]. [IFS]

Meandrusa sciron subsp. abaensis Sugiyama, 1994; Pallarge, (3): 6, f. 13–16; TL: ‘N.- Mt Signian, Sichuan, China’ [north of Siguniang Shan, W. Sichuan, China]. syn. nov.

Dabasa hercules splendens Huang, 1995; Bull. Amat. ent. Soc., 54 (399): 64; TL: ‘Dazhulan, Jianyang, Fujian Prov. of China’. syn. nov.

Menandrusa [sic] hercules hajiangensis Funahashi, 2003; Wallace, 8: 4, pl. 1, f. 3; TL: ‘Hajiang, N. Vietnam’ [Hagiang, N. Vietnam]. syn. nov.

Menandrusa [sic] hercures [sic] Funahashi, 2003; Wallace, 8: pl. 1, f. 3. [ISS]

Menandrusa [sic] hercures [sic] hajangensis Funahashi, 2003; Wallace, 8: pl. 1, f. 3. [IOS]

Distribution: found in montane areas in C. to N.E. Yunnan; also found in many places in C. to S.E. China and in Hagiang, northernmost Vietnam.

Note: All described subspecies fall within the variation of nominate Meandrusa sciron, so the taxa abaensis Sugiyama, 1994, splendens Huang, 1995 and hajiangensis Funahashi, 2003 are synonymised here (syn. nov.).