Chilasa slateri (Hewitson, 1857)

Taiping, Malaysia; 5/81   ssp perses Chaing Do Mtn, Chaing Mai, Thailand 2000 feet  July 1989  female

   Wide range from N India through S China and south through the Malay peninsula to N Sumatra, possibly on Borneo. Highly variable mimicing local Danaid species. Some ssp are rather rare, particularly the one from Borneo which is nearly all brown-black.

    slateri - NE India, Thailand, Laos, Viet Nam
    tovoyanus - N Burma and the Thai peninsula
    perses - N Sumatra, Malay Peninsula
    hewitsoni - N Borneo