On the last batch of photos: based on the book which Li Phing kindly bought for us, I think the first butterfly is Papilio bianor thrasymedes. The peacock looking butterfly is Papilio hermosanus. Both the second and the third photo are the same butterfly just that the second is more pristine. The book makes a distinction between hermosanus and its close-looking nakaharai. The latter's underside shows less distinct red post-discal markings as compared to hermosanus:
Papilio hermosanus (3) by garnet_mermaid, on Flickr
As for the silverlines, I managed to scrounge up the three different ones from the two books (the 280 species bought from Taiwan and the common butterflies of Taiwan from Li Phing): Spindasis lohita formosana, Spindasis syama and Spindasis kuyanianus. From the description they look completely different except at first glance syama and formosana look almost alike except that the latter has much thicker lines across the body and the three discal spots on the hindwing underside are connected. Formosana also has a queer line extending from the tail into the orange tornal area on the hindwing.
I'm just guessing based on the info in these books.
Spindasis lohita formosana by garnet_mermaid, on Flickr
Spindasis syama2 by garnet_mermaid, on Flickr
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