Papilio bianor stockleyi Gabriel, 1936

Papilio bianor stockleyi ♂ Up. Papilio bianor stockleyi ♂ Un. Papilio bianor stockleyi ♀ Up. Papilio bianor stockleyi ♀ Un.
♂ (dsf), Tak, Thailand. ♀ (dsf), Tak, Thailand.
Papilio bianor stockleyi ♂ Up. Papilio bianor stockleyi ♂ Un. Papilio bianor stockleyi ♀ Up. Papilio bianor stockleyi ♀ Un.
♂ (wsf), Tak, Thailand. ♀ (wsf), Tak, Thailand.

ON : Papilio polyctor stockleyi Gabriel, 1936
OD : Entomologist 69: 282.
TL : 'Melamoung, W.Siam [Mae Lamung, Tak, W.Thailand]; Taok Plateau, Dawnas [Ta-ok plateau, Kayin State, Myanmar]'. (NHML)
Distribution : Myanmar (Dawna Range), W.Thailand.
● ssp.bianor
● ssp.triumphator
● ssp.stockleyi
● ssp.pinratanai
Papilio bianor stockleyi Map

Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, Type(red), Rh423, #149649, 15.Apr.1920, Melamoung Hot Spring, W.Siam, C.A. Stockley (NHML, examined) ; Oh & Jeong,2026 : fig.3-8:1.
Paratype 1♂, Apr.1925, Taok Plateau, Dawnas, C.R.E. Cooper.


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Papilio polyctor stockleyi: Davidson & Macbeth,1938 : 69. (Melamoung)
Papilio polyctor stockleyi: Pinratana,1977 : 47, figs.P33b♂,♂(Un). (Tak: Doi Musso)
Papilio polyctor stockleyi: Pinratana & Eliot,1992 : 26,43, pl.47, fig.35b♂. (Tak)
Papilio polyctor stockleyi: Nishimura,1997 : 58, fig.11('ST'[HT],♂),12,♂,13,♂(Un). (Tak: Umphang; Mae La Mong)
Papilio polyctor stockleyi: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 92, pl.18, figs.P38a♂,♂(Un),♀. (Tak: Umphang)
Papilio bianor stockleyi: Kimura et al.,2011 : 128, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Umphang)
Papilio bianor stockleyi: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 92, pl.18, figs.P36a♂,♂(Un),♀. (Tak: Umphang)
Papilio bianor stockleyi ; Sophonviwatkul et al.,2015– : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Kanchanaburi) (accessed: 2023.05.16)
Papilio bianor stockleyi: Oh & Jeong,2026 : 131, figs.3-8:1(HT,♂),2,♂(Tak),3,♀(Tak),4,♀(Tak). (W.Thailand)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Kamphaeng Phet : 1♂ (photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Tak : 14♂ 7♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in forests at moderate elevations (600–1200 m a.s.l.). Males form flight paths along streams or forest edges, and are frequently observed mud-puddling along stream banks and at puddles.
Both male and female are thought to mimic Atrophaneura astorion varuna (White, 1842), however they are not similar. In flight, it closely resembles the mimetic species Papilio alcmenor publilius Fruhstorfer, 1909.


Literature

Gabriel, A.G, 1936. New forms of Papilio from the Indo-Australian Region.
Entomologist, 69: 281–282.

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


Papilio bianor stockleyi ♂ Papilio bianor stockleyi ♂
♂, Tak, Thailand. ♂, Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand.

1996.10.02 - 2026.10.31.

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