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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Zootaxa
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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
.