PAPILIOXID.E.-PAPILIONIN^. 



PAPILIO. XYIII. 



XXX.— PAPILIO OBERON. S. Fig. 1. 9. Fig. 2. 



PapiUo OZyrro», male, H. Grose-Smith, "Annals and Magazine of Natural 

 History," Series YL, Vol. XIX., p. 17'2 (February, 1897). 



Exp. s 4| inches ; s 5 inches. 



MciJi'. Upperside. Black; anterior wings crossed obliquely, at about 

 one-third from the apex, by a row of white spots arranged as in P. J-l(jru», Don., 

 but the spot between the lowest subcostal and upper discoidal nervules is 

 quadrate and not indented externally. Posterior wings with a greenish-white 

 band of spots divided by the veins as in P. A-Jgcm, but the inner edge of this 

 band slightly invades the cell as in 1'. OniiciiKs, Guer., and the outer ends are 

 rather more indented ; above the anal angle is a large suboval brick-red spot. 



Umderside. Anterior wings as on the upperside ; the oblique row of spots 

 is broader and irrorated with grey on the inner side, with streaks of grey scales 

 between the veins on the outer side. Posterior wings with a row of six brick- 

 red lunules crossing the disc from the submedian nervure to the apex, those 

 nearest the anal angle the smallest, gradually increasing in size, the apical spot 

 being the largest of them ; another brick-red spot, larger than the last-named 

 spot, is situate above the anal angle ; inside the row of red spots are two rows 

 of greyish markings, the outer of which consists of three narrow bluish-grey 

 hastate lines between the submedian nervules, above which, divided by the 

 veins, is a row of seven bars of grey scales, indented outwardly, those on either 

 side of the uppermost median nervule being the broadest and most indented, 

 the two bars nearest the apex nearly obsolete. 



Female. Upperside. Bro\Mi ; anterior wings with an indistinct oblique 

 band of three brownish-grey spots towards the apex, but nearer the cell than 

 the white subapical band of the male, and traces of a subcostal streak rather 

 beyond the middle. Posterior wings with a row of six brick-red lunules on the 

 disc between the veins, and a large lunule of the same colour above the anal 



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