Revision of Pazala Moore, 1888: The Graphium (Pazala) alebion and G. (P.) tamerlanus Groups, with Notes on Taxonomic and Distribution Confusions (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)
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Zhang, Hui-Hong
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Cotton, Adam M.
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Condamine, Fabien L.
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Wang, Rong-Jiang
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Hsu, Yu-Feng
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Duan, Kuang
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Zhang, Xin
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Hu, Shao-Ji
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Graphium
(
Pazala
)
tamerlanus tamerlanus
(
Oberthür, 1876
)
(
Figure 9
, A–C)
Papilio Tamerlanus
Oberthür, 1876
; Ét. Ent., 2: 13, pl. II, f. 1; TL: ‘Moupin’ [Baoxing,
Sichuan
,
China
].
Pazala tamerlana
Chou, 1994
; Monographia Rhopalocerorum Sinensium: 55, 174. [unjustified emendation, attributed to Oberthür]
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.
FIGURE 10.
Male genitalia of
G.
(
P.
)
tamerlanus tamerlanus
(
Oberthür, 1876
)
from Baoxing, Sichuan, China; scale bar = 1.0 mm. All: genitalia as a whole, R.: lateral view of ring, TSU: dorsal view of tegumen, socii and uncus, V.: right valve, Ae.: lateral view of aedeagus, Ju.: ventral view of juxta.
FIGURE 11.
Female genitalia of
G.
(
P.
)
tamerlanus
tamerlanus
(
Oberthür, 1876
)
from Pingwu, Sichuan, China; scale bar = 1.0 mm.
Diagnostic characters:
Forewing length: male
37.5–43.5 mm
(mean = 40.4 ±
1.4 mm
,
n
= 52), female
45.5 mm
. Both wings rather broad, the 9
th
black band of forewing mostly reaches vein 1A in males while reduced to vein CuA
2
in
females, the subterminal double black bands more separated from each other.
Distribution:
The northeastern margin of the Hengduan Mountains in W.
China
, mainly in the medium-high altitude areas west of the
Sichuan
Basin.
Phenology:
Specimen records indicate the flight period lasts from April to July, with those collected in June and July distinctly larger. Whether this species is univoltine or bivoltine requires further investigation.
Host plant:
Unknown. Probably a plant belonging to the family
Lauraceae
.