mahadeva Moore (= maheswara Fruhst.) (31 d). [Nominate]].Male: the hindwing always with a complete row of discal patches, of which the anterior ones are less enlarged than in mehala [now subspecies] and castor, the submarginal spots likewise all developed. The female marked similarly to the male the forewing the discocellular spot and the submarginal spots larger, on the hindwing the discal spots shaded with brown. Upper Tenasserim, Shan States, Siam and the east side of the Malay Peninsula. Very similar to P. dravidarum, but easy to distinguish by the small submarginal spots of the forewing.[2]
Subspecies
Papilio mahadeva mahadeva (Thailand)
Papilio mahadeva mehalaGrose-Smith, 1886 (Burma) Male without distinctly projecting tooth at the 3. radial of the hindwing; the submarginal spots of this wing well developed also above; the 2.—4. discal patches larger than the following ones, the latter often absent. Female on the forewing with a complete row of submarginal spots, of which the anterior ones are the largest; on the hindwing a row of grey, somewhat diffuse discal patches and a row of large white submarginal lunules. Lower Burma and the adjoining districts of Tenasserim.
Papilio mahadeva selangoranusFruhstorfer, 1901 (northern Peninsular Malaya) "In the Museum at Singapore are 2 specimens from Selangore which have no submarginal spots on the upperside of the hindwing and have been named selangoranus by Fruhstorfer"
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