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 97. Papilio rhodostictus Bntl. & Drnce (1874). 



cJ. PapUio rhoilnsticlus Butler & Driice, Proc. Zool. Sr'C. Loml. p. 3G4. n. 370 (1874) (Costa Rica). 



c?. In shape of the wings agreeing with F. isidorug. Forewing, either on 

 both sides or only below, with a white patch across the cell near apex ; on disc two 

 white patches R=— M', always present below, but on upperside either both present, 

 or the first, or the second, or both absent ; on underside only an additional white 



streak behind M'. Hindwing: spots U- — M- larger than in P. isidoriis, the discal 



and snbmarginal spots being confluent forming three large patches on upperside ; 

 seldom the two spots in cellule R- — R' slightly separate, the line of separation, 

 however, being often indicated ; on underside the two spots R- — R' mostly separated, 

 nearer the cell than in P. isidor/ts, and therefore the snbmarginal spot R^ — R- 

 much more distal than the spot R- — R^ 



? . Similar to male, wings broader, markings larger. 



Genitalia : c?. Harpe more symmetrical than in P. isidorus, the dorsal and 

 ventral edges being almost equally rounded near apical process. 



Early stages not known. 



Ilab. Costa Rica to Western Ecuador. 



a. P. rkodostictus rhodostictus Butl. & Drnce (1874). 



PapHin rhodcisfuius Butler & Druce, I.e. (1874) (Costa Rica) ; Kirby, Cal. DUmi. Lep. p. 814. n. .'ISS 

 (1877) ; Godm. & Salv., Bh.l Cent,-. Amer., Lip. lihap. n. p. 232. n. 67 (1890) ($ ? ; Costa 

 Rica ; Chiriqui ;— "Ecuador" alia subsp.). 



^?. Cell-patch of forewing narrow, discal spot R-— R^ larger than spot 

 j{,3 — ]yji^ the latter sometimes absent from upperside, rarely larger than the 

 preceding spot but then more or less shaded over with black. 



Eab. Costa Rica ; Chiriqui. 



In the Tring Museum 'i S i from : Boqnete, Chiriqui, 3500 ft. (Watson) ; 

 Chiriqui. 



b. P. rhodostictus pacificus subsp. nov. (PI. VIII. fig. 49). 



Papilio rhoihstldus, Godman & Salv., Biol. Cenli: Amcr., Lep. Rhop. ii. p. 232. n. G7 (1890) l^partim; 



Ecuador). 

 P»y<,7;o ;jaH(/;o« ?, iid., in Whymper, ^«rf<;s of Equator, Ajip. p. 109. n. 97 (1891) (west of Quito, 

 with spot at end of cell of forewing). 



cJ ? . Forewing : cell-patch larger than in the preceding, discal spot R=— R' 

 smaller than R' — M', sometimes vestigial on ttpperside. 



Hab. West Colombia and West Ecuador. 



In the Tring Museum 24 c?c?, 1 ? , from : R. Dagna (Rosenberg), type; 

 Paramba, W. Ecuador, 3.300 ft., May— June 1897, dry season (Rosenberg) ; Lita, 

 3000 ft. (Flemming). 



In coll. Oberthi'ir a series of males from Juntas, R. Dagna. 



c. P. rhodostictus nymphius subspec. nov. (PL VIII. fig. 48). 



S. Forewing without white spot on upper.^ide ; the markings of underside 



as in P. r. pacijicus, but smaller. The three patches of hindwing sometimes 



creamy white above and below, very often creamy white bordered with red, normally 

 red above. 



