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PAPILIU. Bv Dr. K. Jordan-. 



the subcostal to the hindmargin. Paraguay; northern part of Entre Rios; Matto Grosso; Goyaz. — 

 foetterlei. foctterlei H- & J- (■i'C). White spots on the forewing of both sexes very large and tlie band on the 

 hindwing very broad. In the interior of tlie province of S'o Paulo. 



hedae. P. hedae Foeft. (5a). Only one ? known; palpi red; on the forewing a very broad white band, 



with the edges diffuse; hindwing for the most part pale red, whitish towards the base, the marginal spots 

 slightly yellowish. Icarahy, near Rio de Janeiro. 



nephalion. P. nephalion Godt. {= osymanduas Hbn., proteus BoiscL, stilbon KoIL, haemon Fk/r) (4d, 2d). 



Maro'inal tooth at the 3. radial of the hindwing projecting more than in P. cmcliises L. Forewing in both 

 sexes with two or three large white spots. Hindwing of the cf with three red spots on the upper surface, 

 and usually a fourth separated from them; in the ? witii a band composed of five spots, and commonly a 

 sixth or even a seventh (very small) spot. The larva is brown-black, with a j-ellow longitudinal stripe on the 

 sides. The butterfly is not rare, and occurs in Brazil proper southwards to Rio Grande do Sul, as well as 

 in Matto Grosso, Paraguay and the adjoining parts of Argentina. A forest-species. 



Lysander-Group. 



The following species, whicli form the ///.sr/wrfcr-group, have red instead of white marginal spots. The hind 

 tibiae of the cf are always dilated and with fine hairs. The species occur together with those of the 'iciiru.s-gvouY>, 

 and are sometimes very common. The red spots on the hindwing liave no opalescent gloss. 



P. panthonus. Forewing in both sexes black, with reddish marginal spots; hindwing with a 



regularly curved row of separated red spots. Scent-wool white. Guiana and Brazil, in two subspecies. — 



numa. numa Boisd. (— jaguarae Foett), from Brazil (Sao Paulo and Minas Geraes), has small, widely separated 



panthonus. spots. — In panthonus Cr. (3 b, 5 a), from the three Guianas, the spots on the hindwing are somewhat 



larger. This form most probably occurs also on the north side of the Lower Amazon. 



aglaope. P. aglaope Grail, c^: forewing with a blue-green band, which has at least one large white spot, 



placed before the 2. median ; hindwing with four spots, separate from the cell. The ? occurs in two forms : 



lysimachus. ?-f. lysimachus Honr. has on the forewing a straight row of three spots; ?-f. caliicles Bates has on the 



callicles. forewing a large spot behind the 1. median, a smaller one before it, and a streak in the cell. — This 



species is rather rare; it has hitherto onlj' been taken on the Lower Amazon, in South-east Peru and in 



enristeus. eastern Bolivia. — Cramer has figured as euristeus a butterfly from Surinam which perhaps also belongs 



here, but the figure is too bad to be referred with certainty to any one species. Is it the d' of k/afjesi Ehrm.? 



lysander. P. lysander (V. (= phrynichus Fldr.). o^ with white scent-wool in the fold of tlie hindwing. Outer 



margin of tlie forewing in the ? rounded; the last two red spots on the hindwing separated, standing 



parsodes. obhquely one under the other; ?-f. parsodes Gray (= sonoria Graif) has a large white area on the 



arbates. forewing, composed of several spots: in the ?-f. arbates XtoU (^ anaximenes Fldr.) tlie forewing has only 



brissonius. one white spot; whilst in the ?-f. brissonius (iraij (5b) the forewing has no wliite spot at all. A cf with 



bari. yellow instead of red spots on the forewing has been described as ab. bari Oberth. — This species is 



known from the whole of the Amazon, East Peru and East Ecuador, as well as from tlie Guianas and 



Bogota; it has not hitherto been found in Bohvia nor in Brazil proper. 



P. echemon resembles the preceding species; but tlie forewing is narrower, the outer margin being 

 incurved in the cf, straight in the ?, the cell of the forewing is narrower at its extremity, the 3. radial of 

 the lundwing is usually much nearer to the 2. radial than to the 1. median, and the fold of the hindwing 

 in the cf has no white wool. On the Lower and Middle Amazon and in the Guianas. Two subspecies. — 



echemon. Hijbner's figures agree with the form from the Amazon: in the o" echemon Hbn. (= echelus Hbn.) the 

 blue-green band of the forewing is narrow and placed, hke the white band of the ?, separate from the cell. 



ergeteles. From Para to Santarem. — ergeteles Gray (=; echephron Bates, echion Bates, polyphron Fldr.) has in the 

 (f a broader blue-green band, and in the ¥ the white spot before the 2. median is contiguous to the cell, 

 or the forewing is without spots. ?-f. ergeteles Gray is the form of the ? with a white area; in the ?-f. 



pisander. pisander Fldr. the white spots are only indicated by a few white scales. From Obidos to the Rio Negro, 

 north side of the Amazon; Guiana. — Wliilst P. lysander is a swamp species and tlies heavily over the 

 wettest places in the shade of the woods, P. echemon prefers drier localities in the woods, and is often 

 found on the flowers which hang down from tlie trees over the naiTow paths in the forests. 



P. neophilus. In the c/ the cell of the hindwing on the upper surface is red nearly to the base. 

 In both sexes the 2. median of the hindwing arises at the same height as the subcostal. Colombia to 

 Paraguay and South Brazil, but not from Rio de Janeiro to Pernambuco, where P. zacynthus occurs. — 

 eurybates. eurybates Gray {-= euphales Gray) (5c). c/' with large white spots on the forewing; the red spots on the 

 hindwing not blackish towards the base, with the exception of the first and last, the middle ones touching 

 the cell on the under surface. S with 2 white spots between the 3. radial and 2. median, rarely with the 

 spots merely indicated, the red band on the hindwing broad. Sao Paulo and Matto Grosso; Paraguay 



