The known distributions of some of the sixteen recognized subspecies:
G. s. sarpedon (Linnaeus, 1758) - India, Sri Lanka
G. s. teredon - India, Sri Lanka
G. s. semifasciatus - China
G. s. connectens - China, Taiwan
G. s. nipponum - Japan
G. s. messogis - Indonesia, Solomon Islands, New Guinea
G. s. islander Monastyrskii, 2012 - Vietnam 
G. s. wetterensis Okano, 1993 - Indonesia, Lesser Sunda Islands, Wetter Island
G. s. choredon - eastern Australia
G. s. luctatius - Malaysia
G. s. isander (Godman & Salvin, 1888) - Bougainville Island, Shortland Islands, Santa Isabel Island, Guadalcanal, Florida Islands, Choiseul Island.

G. s. adonarensis   (Rothschild, 1896)  - Sumbawa, Flores, Adonara.
Status revised to full species by Page and Treadaway (2013)
Subspecies found in India occur in southern India in the Western Ghats and in the Himalayas from Kashmir in the west to Myanmar.

G. s. milon and G. s. monticolum, however, are not listed here as they are regarded as separate species in a number of works.
The known distributions of some of the sixteen recognized subspecies:
G. s. sarpedon (Linnaeus, 1758) - India, Sri Lanka
G. s. teredon - India, Sri Lanka
G. s. semifasciatus - China
G. s. connectens - China, Taiwan
G. s. nipponum - Japan
G. s. messogis - Indonesia, Solomon Islands, New Guinea
G. s. islander Monastyrskii, 2012 - Vietnam 
G. s. wetterensis Okano, 1993 - Indonesia, Lesser Sunda Islands, Wetter Island
G. s. choredon - eastern Australia
G. s. luctatius - Malaysia
G. s. isander (Godman & Salvin, 1888) - Bougainville Island, Shortland Islands, Santa Isabel Island, Guadalcanal, Florida Islands, Choiseul Island.
G. s. adonarensis   (Rothschild, 1896)  - Sumbawa, Flores, Adonara. Status revised to full species by Page and Treadaway (2013)
Subspecies found in India occur in southern India in the Western Ghats and in the Himalayas from Kashmir in the west to Myanmar.
G. s. milon and G. s. monticolum, however, are not listed here as they are regarded as separate species in a number of works.
Graphium sarpedon