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.
60-70 mm
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
EnglishSixbar Swordtail 
ไทยผีเสื้อหางดาบสามห่วง ไทยหางดาบสิกขิม 
中文劍鳳蝶 
日本語アサクラアゲハ
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Lauraceae Persea odoratissima Magnoliaceae Michelia doltsopa Sweet michelia
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Papilio eurous Leech, 1893
- Subspecies
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Species Author Graphium (Pazala) eurous asakurae (Matsumura, 1908) Graphium (Pazala) eurous caschmirensis (Rothschild, 1895) Graphium (Pazala) eurous eurous (Leech, 1893) Graphium (Pazala) eurous inthanon Katayama, 1986 Graphium (Pazala) eurous panopaea (de Nicéville, 1900) Graphium (Pazala) eurous sikkimica (Heron, 1899)
- Graphium (Pazala) eurous is a member of the clade Graphium eurous:
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Species Author Graphium (Pazala) alebion Gray, 1853 Graphium (Pazala) eurous (Leech, 1893) Graphium (Pazala) incertus (Bang-Haas, 1927) Graphium (Pazala) mandarinus (Oberthür, 1879) Graphium (Pazala) mullah (Alphéraky, 1897) Graphium (Pazala) tamerlanus Oberthür, 1876
- Links
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Language Website Authors Butterflies of India Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy Japanese Moths 
Lepiforum e. V.
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