Graphium mullah kooichii  (Morita, 1996)

Graphium mullah kooichii ♂ Up. Graphium mullah kooichii ♂ Un. Graphium mullah kooichii ♂ Up. Graphium mullah kooichii ♂ Un.
♂, Bolikhamxai, Laos. (photo by A.M.Cotton) ♂, Bolikhamxai, Laos. (photo by A.M.Cotton)

ON : Pazala timur kooichii  Morita, 1996
OD : Futao 23:8, pl.3, figs.9(HT,♂), 10(HT,♂Un).
TL : "Lac Sao" [Lak Sao], Laos.
Distribution : C.Laos, C.Vietnam.
Graphium mullah kooichii Map

Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, 14.Mar.1996. Lac Sao [Lak Sao], Laos. (in coll. S.Morita)
Paratype 1♂, 14.Mar.1996. Lac Sao [Lak Sao], Laos. (in coll. S.Morita)


Records taken from Literature

[ LAOS ]
Graphium timur kooichii ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 201, pl.22, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀. (Lak Sao)
Graphium mullah kooichii ; Cotton & Racheli,[2007] : 302-303. (Lak Sao)
Graphium mullah kooichii ; Racheli & Cotton,2009 : 31-32, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Lak Sao: Phao border post)
Graphium mullah kooichii ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 41.
Graphium mullah kooichii ; Onodera,2022 : 9, pl.46, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Lak Sao)

[ VIETNAM ]
Graphium timur ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2003 : 80. (C: Huong Son, Ha Tinh)
Graphium timur koochii [sic] ; Monastyrskii,2007 : 96, pl.31, figs.2a♂,2b♂(Un). (C: Huong Son)
Graphium mullah kooichii ; Racheli & Cotton,2009 : 32. (C)
Graphium mullah kooichii ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 15. (C: Ha Tinh)


Specimens Examined

[ LAOS ]
Bolikhamxai : 11♂ (incl. photo by K.Phongpiyamit).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at moderate elevations. Males frequently come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.


Literature

Morita, S.,1996 : A new subspecies of Pazala timur (Ney, 1911) from LacSao, Laos.
Futao 23:8.


Graphium mullah kooichii ♂ Graphium mullah kooichii ♂
♂, Bolikhamxai, Laos. (photo by K.Phongpiyamit)
Graphium mullah kooichii ♂ Graphium mullah kooichii ♂
♂, Bolikhamxai, Laos. (photo by K.Phongpiyamit)

1998.12.08 - 2022.10.31.

A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.