TL: ‘Chang-yang, Central China, and ...Moupin’ [Changyang, Hubei, and Baoxing, Sichuan, China]   (1000 - 2500 m.)

All the bands are narrowed, being only blackish stripes on a pale yellow transparent ground, the anal area of the hindwing being alone more strongly coloured, bearing a honey-yellow anal spot which is somewhat constricted in the middle; behind this spot there is a blue-centred dot, which represents the anal ocellus.
MU
MD

60 - 70 mm

  • Local names
  • LanguageVernacular name
    EnglishSixbar Swordtail
    ไทยผีเสื้อหางดาบสามห่วง
    ไทยหางดาบสิกขิม
    中文劍鳳蝶
    日本語アサクラアゲハ
  • Primary hostplants
  • FamilyLatin nameVernacular name
    LauraceaePersea odoratissima
    MagnoliaceaeMichelia doltsopaSweet michelia
  • PDO error
  • Synonyms and other combinations
  • Latin nameAuthor
    Papilio eurousLeech, 1893

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