Papilio epycides camilla

Papilio epycides camilla Rousseau-Decelle, 1947


♂, Lao Cai, Vietnam. (photo by A.M.Cotton)		♂, Lao Cai, Vietnam. (photo by A.M.Cotton)

♂, Bolikhamxai, Laos. (photo by A.M.Cotton)		♀, Houaphan, Laos. (photo by A.M.Cotton)

♂ (dark form), Bolikhamxai, Laos. (photo by A.M.Cotton)		♀ (dark form), Bolikhamxai, Laos. (photo by A.M.Cotton)

♂, Bolikhamxai, Laos. (photo by A.M.Cotton)		♂, Khammouan, Laos. (photo by A.M.Cotton)

ON : Papilio epycides camilla Rousseau-Decelle, 1947
OD : Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 51:128-129.
TL : Hoa Binh, Tonkin. (♂)

Distribution : E.Laos, Vietnam.

	● ssp.hypochra
	● ssp.camilla
	● ssp.imitata

Synonym

Chilasa (s. str. (Cadugoides)) epycides muhabbet Koçak, 2005 : Misc. Pap. Centre ent. Stud. 91/92:10. (replacement name for Papilio epycides camilla Rousseau-Decelle, 1947)

Records taken from Literature

[ LAOS ]
Papilio epycides f. epycides ; Dubois & Vitalis,1921 : 9. (Laos)
Chilasa epycides epycides ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 200, pl.6, figs.♂,♂,♂,♀. (Phong Saly; Lak Sao)
Papilio epycides hypochra ; Cotton & Racheli,[2007] : 370-371. (Xam Neua: Phou Phan; Lak Sao) (in part)
Chilasa epycides hypochra ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 41.
Chilasa epycides hypochra ; Onodera,2022 : 5, pl.15, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Lak Sao) (in part)

[ VIETNAM ]
Papilio epycides epycides ; Metaye,1957 : 81. (N)
Chilasa epycides epycides ; Monastyrskii,2007 : 40-41, pl.8, figs.2a♂,2b♂(dark form). (N: Hoang Lien; Van Ban; Pia Oac; Hoa Binh / C: Vu Quang; Huong Son; Kon Ka Kinh)
Chilasa epycides epycides ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 12. (N / C)

Specimens Examined

[ LAOS ]
Houaphan : 1♂ 2♀.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Khammouan : 1♂.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Bolikhamxai : 5♂ 1♀.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

[ VIETNAM ]
Lao Cai : 4♂.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Notes

The populations in northern Indochina have previously been treated as a single ssp.hypochra. However, comparison of a large number of specimens showed distinct differences between populations from Myanmar (Shan States to Karens), S.Yunnan and N.Thailand to C.Laos, and populations from E.Laos to Vietnam. The males of eastern Laos-Vietnamese populations have distinctly darker markings on the upper surface than ssp.hypochra, and especially UnH in space 7. Examples from Hinboun, Khammouan are similar to ssp.camilla and examples from Xaisomboun are closer to ssp.hypochra. It seems to be a transition zone between both subspecies.

Literature

Rousseau-Decelle, G.,1947 : Contribution a letude des Papilio de la faune Indo-Oceanienne (Lep. Papilionidae)
Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 51:128-133.

Kemal, M. & Koçak, A.Ö..2005 : Nomenclatural notes on the Papilionidae (Lepidoptera).
Misc. Pap. Centre ent. Stud. 91/92:10–11.

Hu, S.J, Cotton, A.M., Lamas, G, Duan, K. & Zhang, X.,2023 : Checklist of Yunnan Papilionidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionidea) with nomenclatural notes and descriptions of new subspecies
Zootaxa 5362(1):001-069.

2021.11.30 - 2023.11.30.