95 



548. Papilio kashmirensis, Rothschild. 



Papilio glycerion, S. Robson (nee Gray), Jour. Bomb. N, H. koc. ix 



1895, p." 497, larva & pupa. 

 Papiiio elycerion cashmirensis, Rothsch. Nov. Zool. li. 1895, p. 407; 



MacKinnon $ de Niceville, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xi, 1898, p. 595, 



pi. W, figs. 25a-25c, larva & pupa. 

 Papilio caschmirensis, Heron, A. M. N. H. (7) iii, 1899, p. 120 ; 



Moore (Pazala), Lep. 2nd. vi, 1903, p. 36, pi. 480. figs. 1, la-Id, 



larva & pupa, <5 $ 



llace sikhiniica. 



Papilio glvcerion, de Niceville (nee Gray], J. A. S. B. 1886, 

 p. 254, pi. 11, fig- 5 ; Ehves (nee Gray), Tram. Ent. Soc. 1888, 



Papilio "caschmirensis, subsp. sikkimica, Heron, A. M. A T . H. (7) 

 Pazala sikkima,"' Moore, Lep. Ind. vi, 1903, p. 35, pi. 479, figs. 2, 



Closely resembles P. glycerion, bureau be distinguished as 

 Hows : Upperside, fore 

 extended to dorsum, but 



follows ' Upperside, fore wing: postdiscal transverse band not 

 but terminated above vein 1 ; all the black 



transverse markings 

 narrower. Hind wing : 

 the black patch on 

 the produced posterior 

 portion of the wing 

 proportionately of less 

 extent ; the black band 

 that crosses the cell 

 subbasally and the 

 lower portions only of 

 the discal, postdiscal 

 and subterminal black 

 lines as in P. glycerion; 

 the rest of the trans- 

 verse black linear 

 markings obsolete, 

 seen only by trans- 

 parency from the 

 underside. Underside, fore wing : markings as on the upperside but 

 more heavily defined. Hind wing ith an additional black trans- 

 verse line beyond the medial line, connected with it by lines of 

 black along the veins, that form a series of loops which are 

 more or less tinted with pale yellow. Antennas, head, thorax and 

 abdomen as in P. glycerion. 



Exp. d $ 66-71 mm. (2-6-2-8"). 

 Hob. The Himalayas : Kashmir to Mussoorie. 

 Larva. " When full-fed Ig-lj inches in length : 4th and 5th 

 segments thickest ; from 5th segment to 13th the larva tapers. 



Colour green covered with minute black dots except on 



anal segment. Third segment bordered anteriorly by a narrow 

 ochreous ridge, which surmounts the head when drawn in, and is 



Fig. 19. Hind wing undersides : 



A. Papilio glycerion. 



B. Papilio kaslt/nirensis. 



