Graphium ( Pazala ) tamerlanus kansuensis (O. Bang-Haas, 1933 )

Zhang, Hui-Hong, Cotton, Adam M., Condamine, Fabien L., Wang, Rong-Jiang, Hsu, Yu-Feng, Duan, Kuang, Zhang, Xin & Hu, Shao-Ji, 2020, Revision of Pazala Moore, 1888: The Graphium (Pazala) alebion and G. (P.) tamerlanus Groups, with Notes on Taxonomic and Distribution Confusions (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae), Zootaxa 4759 (1), pp. 77-97 : 89-90

Graphium ( Pazala) tamerlanus kansuensis (O. Bang-Haas, 1933) ( Figure 9 , D–F)

Cosmodesmus tamerlanus kansuensis O. Bang-Haas, 1933 ; Ent. Zeit, 47(11): 90; TL: ‘ Kansu mer. or., Tsinglingschan, Peilingschan’ [ Qinling, S.E. Gansu, China] .

Graphium mathias Wang, Chen & Wang, 1990 , Butt. Fauna Henan: 7, pl. 9, f. 12. [Nomen nudum, attributed to Oberthür]

Diagnostic characters: Smaller than the nominate subspecies, forewing length: male 33.5–39.0 mm (mean = 37.3 ± 1.6 mm, n = 17), female 39.0–40.0 mm (mean = 39.7 ± 0.6 mm, n = 3). Both wings narrower and slightly elongate, the 9 th black band of forewing reduced even before vein CuA 2 in both sexes, the subterminal double black bands obviously close to each other.

Distribution: Confined to the Qinling Mountains in S.E. Gansu, southern Shaanxi and western Henan prov- inces, China.

Phenology: Specimen records indicate the flight period mainly lasts from April to June, but also as late as August ( syntypes). Whether this species is univoltine or bivoltine requires further investigation.

Host plant: Unknown. Probably a plant belonging to the family Lauraceae .

Figures

FIGURE 9. G. (P.) tamerlanus (Oberthür, 1876); upperside above, underside below; scale bar = 10 mm. A–C: ssp. tamerlanus (Oberthür, 1876), ♂(A–B), Baoxing, Sichuan, China, ♀(C), Pingwu, Sichuan, China, © Peking University; D–F: ssp. kansuensis (O. Bang-Haas, 1933), ♂(D–E), ♀(F), Ningshan, Shaanxi, China.