PAPILIO. 



For generic characters, see the article on 

 Papilio philenor. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



In pursuance of his attempt to unite natural 

 and civil history, Linne divided his vast genus 

 Papilio into several families, of which he 

 named the first Equites or Knights. This fa- 

 mily, containing some of the largest and most 

 beautiful of the insect tribes, was subdivided 

 into Trojans and Greeks. The former were 

 distinguished by red spots on the breast. 



The P. philenor, which we have already 

 represented, belongs to the division of Trojans. 

 But this arrangement has been abandoned by 

 modern authors, who apply the name of Papi- 

 lio only to the Linnaean Equites, subdividing 

 the genus into those which have the inferior 

 wings elongated behind in the form of a tail, 

 and those which have them simply rounded in 

 that part. 



PLATE 40. 



