Papilio krishna mayumiae Mitsuta & Shinkai, 2002

Papilio krishna mayumiae ♂ Up. Papilio krishna mayumiae ♂ Un. Papilio krishna mayumiae ♂ Up. Papilio krishna mayumiae ♂ Un.
♂, Yen Bai, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito) ♂, Lao Cai, Vietnam. (photo by A.M.Cotton)

ON : Papilio krishna mayumiae Mitsuta & Shinkai, 2002
OD : Futao 41:24, figs.59(HT,♂), 60(HT,♂Un).
TL : Mt. Fan Shi Pan, Sapa, Lao Cai, N.Vietnam.
Distribution : N.Vietnam.
Papilio krishna mayumiae Map

Type Material Information

mayumiae ; Holotype ♂, Jun.1999, Mt. Fan Shi Pan, alt. 2500–3000m, Sapa, Lao Cai, N.Vietnam.


Records taken from Literature

[ VIETNAM ]
Papilio krishna charlesi: Monastyrskii,2007 : 67, pl.21, fig.1,♀. (N: Hoang Lien)
Papilio krishna charlesi: Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 13. (N: Lao Cai)
Papilio krishna charlesi: Inayoshi,2009–2022 : Butterflies in Indo-China, figs.2♂. (Lao Cai; Yen Bai) (30.Apr.2022 last updated ; 31.May.2025 changed.)
Papilio krishna mayumiae: Oh & Jeong,2026 : 137, figs.11-6: 6(HT,♂), 7(HT,♂Un), 8,♂(Lao Cai), 9♂(Un, Lao Cai). (N.Vietnam)


Specimens Examined

[ VIETNAM ]
Lao Cai : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yen Bai : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

After comparison with a large number of Chinese specimens, mayumiae is treated as a good subspecies here.


Literature

Mitsuta, Y. & Shinkai, A, 2002. Description of a new subspecies of Papilio krishna Moore,1857 from Sapa, N.Vietnam (Lepidoptera : Papilionidae).
Futao, 41:24.

Oh, S-H. & Jeong, J-C, 2026. The World of Achillides Butterflies.
Chonpa Science Publishing, Seoul, 166 pp.


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