POLYPTYCHUS CHINENSIS DRACONIS Rothschild & Jordan, 1916

Male Polyptychus chinensis draconis. Photo: © BMNH Male Polyptychus chinensis draconis, Heng Shan, Hunan, China. PARATYPE. Photo: © Ian Kitching, CMNH

TAXONOMY

Polyptychus draconis Rothschild & Jordan, 1916, Novit. zool. 23: 115. Type locality: [China,] "Thibet" [west Yunnan/Sichuan].


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION


ADULT BIOLOGY


FLIGHT-TIME

China: 11.iv (Baoshan, Yunnan); v-vi (Sichuan); 23.vi (Hunan); vii (Guangxi); viii (Sichuan).


EARLY STAGES

OVUM:

LARVA:

PUPA:

Larval hostplants.


PARASITOIDS


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

China: Hunan (Heng Shan, 900m); Sichuan (Danba; Guan Xian; Kangding); Yunnan (Weixi; Yanmen; Baoshan); Xizang/Tibet; Guangxi.


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Central to southwestern China.


Global distribution of Polyptychus chinensis draconis. Map: © BMNH.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION


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© A.R. Pittaway & I.J. Kitching (The Natural History Museum, London)