distribution of p.dehaani /bianor group in south korea

[Adam Cotton]

Boris,

You are correct, P. bianor does not reach as far north as Korea. It gets to Shandong, where it can occur together with P. dehaanii. I have a bianor specimen labelled Jilin, but I suspect the data is inaccurate. P. dehaanii in Korea is the nominate subspecies, same as in Japan.

I have some papered specimens of several Papilionid species from Ullung-do, but no bianor. There are a number of specimens of maackii nariensis, but it seems bianor was not flying when my contact went there. I must get round to spreading them some time and see if they are different to mainland maackii or not.

Adam.

[Ed]

Jun 14, 2019 20:51:37 GMT Adam Cotton said:

Boris,

You are correct, P. bianor does not reach as far north as Korea. It gets to Shandong, where it can occur together with P. dehaanii. I have a bianor specimen labelled Jilin, but I suspect the data is inaccurate. P. dehaanii in Korea is the nominate subspecies, same as in Japan.

I have some papered specimens of several Papilionid species from Ullung-do, but no bianor. There are a number of specimens of maackii nariensis, but it seems bianor was not flying when my contact went there. I must get round to spreading them some time and see if they are different to mainland maackii or not.

Adam.

P.bianor goes past shangdong? No?
It’s literally the most common papilio in Chongqing

[Adam Cotton]

Jul 13, 2019 0:19:15 GMT Ed said:

P.bianor goes past shangdong? No?
It’s literally the most common papilio in Chongqing

Of course, P. bianor occurs throughout most of China, but only gets as far NORTH as Shandong. In Shandong, Korea, Japan and FE Russia there is a separate species, P. dehaanii. They look very similar, but don't produce fertile hybrids.

Adam.