♂, Ha Giang, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)		♀, Ha Giang, Vietnam. (photo by A.M.Cotton)
♂, Ha Giang, Vietnam. (photo by A.M.Cotton)		♀, Ha Giang, Vietnam. (photo by A.M.Cotton)
♂, Ha Giang, Vietnam. (photo by A.M.Cotton)		♀, Ha Giang, Vietnam. (photo by A.M.Cotton)

ON : Papilio machaon verityi Fruhstorfer, 1907 OD : Ent. Zeit. 20(41):301. TL : Mannao, Yunnan. Distribution : Assam to N.Myanmar, N.Vietnam, China.

Papilio machaon birmanicus Rothschild, 1908 : Novit. zool. 15:168. TL. Shan States.
Papilio machaon suroia Tytler, 1939 : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 41(2):239. TL. Suroi, Manipur.

birmanicus ; ♂, Syntype, Aug.95. S.Chin Hills, 6-7000 ft. designated by A.M.Cotton, 29.Aug.2006. (NHML, photo examined)
suroia ; ♂, Type HT (red), 8.14. Suroifui, Manipur. (NHML, examined) ; ♀, Type AT (red), 8.14. Suroifui, Manipur. (NHML, examined)

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Papilio machaon f.verityi ; Dubois & Vitalis,1914 : 148. (Tonkin)
Papilio machaon f.verityi ; Dubois & Vitalis,1919 : 212. (Tonkin)
Papilio machaon f.verityi ; Dubois & Vitalis,1921 : 11. (Tonkin)
Papilio machaon verityi ; Metaye,1957 : 82. (N)
Papilio machaon verityi ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2003 : 11. (by literature N: 'Lao Cai'; Ha Giang)
Papilio machaon verityi ; Monastyrskii,2007 : 50, pl.11, figs.3,♂. (Ha Giang)
Papilio machaon verityi ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 12. (N: 'Lao Cai'; Ha Giang)

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Ha Giang : 4♂ 3♀.

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Monastyrskii & Deviatkin,2003,2015 recorded it from 'Lao Cai' based on the record of Dubois & Vitalis,1919, however it is doubtful. All records in Dubois & Vitalis,1914,1919 and 1921 mentioned it only from Tonkin. It is most likely that this species has only ever been found in Ha Giang area

Fruhstorfer, H.,1907 : Zwei neue palaarktische Papilio.
Ent. Zeit. 20(41):301.

Rothschild, L.W.,1908 : New Forms of Oriental Papilios.
Novit. zool. 15:165-174.

Tytler, H.,1939 : Notes on some new and interesting butterflies chiefly from Burma. pt.1.
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 41(2):235-252.

Monastyrskii, A.L. & Devyatkin, A.L.,2003 : Butterflies of Vietnam (an illustrated checklist)
Hanoi, Thong Nhat Printing House. 56 pp, 14 pls.

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