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Papilio jasott var. evemonides Honrath, Berl. E. Zeit. p. 396. 1. 10. f . 2 (1884) (Malacca : S.O. Borneo). 



Zetides axion, Moore, P. Z. S. p. 257 (1882) (N.W. Himal.). 



Papilio doson, Butler, Ami. M,ig. X. 11. (5). XVI. p. 342. n. 102 (1885) (Manipur). 



PupiUo lehphu.i, Distant, lilio/j. Mai. p. 3C1. n. 25. f. 109 (1885); Weyiner, SMI. Ktit. Zeil. p. 273 



(1885) (Nias I.) ; HoUand, Tt. Amer. Eiit. Soc. XIV. p. 122. n. 69 (1887) (Hainan) ; H.igen, 



Berl. E. Zeil. p. 155. n. 179 (1892) (Banka I.) ; id., /m ^^I. p. 28. n. 38 (1894) (Sumatra). 

 Papilio (Zelides) axion ?, Dolicrty. Jmirii. An. Soc. Deng. p. 136. n. 225 (1886) (Kumaon). 

 Pajjtlio (Zelides) eurypi/lu.^, Wood-Mason & Nict'v., ibid. p. 375. n. 184 (1886) (Cachar) ; Nici'-v., 



Gazetteer of Silkim p. 174. n. 499 (18S4) (Sikkim ; very common in the low valleys from April 



to October). 

 Papilio (Zetides) teleplius, Elwes & Nicev., ibid. p. 437. n. 141 (1886) (Ponsekai). 

 Pajtilio jasnn L. var. teleplius, Staudinger, /Ws II. p. 16 (1889) (Palawan). 



Submargiiial spots to both wings larger than in P. eurypylua L., often very, 

 much increased on the under surface. Cellular and postcellular portions of the 

 median baud of the hindwiug.s devoid of scales except immediately behind the sul> 

 costal and upon the median ner\-ures. Abdomen black above in both sexes, often 

 greyish in the male. 



{a-) : ab. acheron Moore. 



Papilio acheron Moore, Atm. Mag. N. H. (5). XTI. p. 120 (1885) (N.E. Bongal) ; Butler, ibid. (5). 

 XVI. p. 342. n. 104 (1885) (Manipur). 



Median band of the wings broad, subniarginal spots on the underside large, two 

 spots between the fourth and fifth subcostal nervnles merged together. 



(6-) : ab. mecisieus Distant. 



Papilio mecisieus Distant, Rhop. Mai. p. 3GI. n. 24. f. 108 (1885) ; Staud., Iris II. p. 16 (1889) 

 (Palawan ; ab. of telephus) ; Watson, Joiini. Bomb. .V. R. Soc. p. 54 (1891) (Chin-Lushai) ; 

 Hagen, Berl. Ent. Zeit. p. 1.55. n. 178 (1892) (Banka I., "hiiufig"); id., Iris VII. p. 28. 

 n. 37 (1894) (Sumatra). 



On the underside of the hindwings the sliort subl)asal white streak is not joined 

 to the median band at the subcostal nervure. 



The forms acheron and mecisteus cannot stand as species as there are every 

 intergraduate specimens between them and P. etcrypyhis axion, with which they 

 fly together in every district; of cour.se, there occur also examples in which the 

 characters of acJieron and tnecisteus are combined, and, as acheron is the first 

 described aberration, it will be best to treat all I lie specimens with the above- 

 mentioned ac/te?'OM-character as ab. acheron imlc^pcndently of tlie length of the 

 subbasal white band to the hindwings. 



The Chinese e.xamples have the median liand usually narrower than the Indian 

 individuals, while the band is broader in the specimens from the Andaman Islands. 

 The submargmal .spots are especially often much enlarged in the Indian specimens. 

 The ninth suljmargiiial spot to the upperside of the forewings is often wanting. 

 The red markings on the underside of the hindwings assume sometimes a yellowish 

 colour. In the specimens from the greater Sunda Islands and Palawan the liand of 

 the wings does not become so broad as in certain Indian examples. 



Hab. South-Kast China (fi cJ, 2?); India (30 c?, 1 ?); Burma and F^han 

 States (11 J); Malacca (7 S); Andaman Islands (3 cJ, 1 ?); Sumatra (.j tJ); lUuka 

 Island; Billiton Island; Nias Island ; Java (2 6); Borneo (TcJ); Balabac (1 6); 

 Palawan (7 r?, 1 ?). 



