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| Chaing Mai, Thailand; 5/91 form janus | Nicobar Island May 1921 Leg: Wm. McMullen ssp flavilinus |
Generally common from most of India east through southern China and south through Thailand and Malaysia, the Philippines, and parts of Indonesia. The Sunda island subspecies seem to be rather rare. As with other Chilasa, the females are less often seen. It is odd that the species seems to be absent from Sumatra, Borneo and Java yet flies east of these islands in the Sunda group (Moa, Timor, Alor, Flores). Subspecies include
clytia - Indochina, Hainan, Hong Kong through
the Malay peninsula
palephates - Luzon, Mindoro, Mindanao, Marinduque,
and Batan ( also likely from other Philippine islands)
panopinus - Palawan
echidna - Timor, Alor, Moa
flavolimbatus - Andaman Islands
flavilinus - Nicobar islands
takizawai - Flores