|
|
| Chaing Mai, Thailand; 4/95 ssp indochinensis | Bali, Indonesia ssp albinovarum |
|
|
| Sarawak, Borneo ssp macaristus | N PalawanApril 1978 female ssp maccabaeus |
|
|
| Meur Walsh W Java Oct 27 1933 female ssp macareus |
Common and widespread with 11 subspecies, found from N India and Nepal, S China, Thailand and the Malay peninsula to the Philippines and western portions of Indonesia ( Borneo and Java/Bali). Females are rarely seen and likely keep to the forest where they are difficult to collect. In a few races the females are dimorphic. Subspecies include:
indicus (polynices) - Sikkim
lioneli NE India
gyndes - Burma
indochinensis - Thailand, SE Asia
mitis - Hainan
perakensis - Malay Peninsula
xanthosoma - Sumatra
macaristus - Borneo
maccabaeus - Palawan
macareus - Java
albinovarum - Bali