36 PAPILIO. By Dr. K. Jobdan. 



West Colombia and probably Panama; as in prasinus the forewing without pale apical area; costal area of 

 the upperside of the forewing almost black, in ■praMnm almost as metallic green as the disc: underside of 

 pansanias. the hindwing without pale (yellow-green or reddish) streaks between the veins. — pausanias Hew. 

 {^=\iQrmo\&ns Guen.) (12a). Apex of the forewing with large grey area; under surface of the hindwing 

 between the veins with pale streaks, extending to the submarginal spots. Central Colombia to Bolivia, 

 Orinoco, the Amazons and Goyaz. 

 microdamas. P. Hiicrodamas Biirm. (12 a). A yellowish band from the costal margin of the forewing to the 



anal an^le of the hindwing; under surface without red basal spots on the forewing, with 4 spots on the 

 hindwins. ? similar to the o"". — Paraguay, Northern Argentina, Caraga in Brazil; a lowland species. 



P. protodamas Godt. (— hyperion Hiu). Forewing with yellowish area consisting of 3 large patches, 

 or with 1 or 2 rows of spots; .hindwing with yellowish grey-blue band: forewing beneath without basal 

 spots, hindwing with 3. The scent-organ of the cf wanting. Larva black, with grey and white, partly 

 yellow stripes, the thorax dotted with white and yellow. Thoracic horn of the pupa rather thin. Two 

 protodamas. individual forms of the buttertly are known: in f. protodamas Chidt. the forewing has two rows of spots. 

 dwridamas. the upper ones of which are more or less merged together: in f. choridamas Boml. (13b) the forewing 

 has a very large cell-spot and two discal "patches, also large. — The butterfly is entirely Brazilian; it is 

 found from Minas Geraes to Rio Grande do Sul: but the f. c/ioridamdt: does not appear to extend so far 

 south, being only known to us from the provinces of Rio de Janeiro and Minas Geraes. 



P. phaon Boisd. Similar to the preceding species: the spots on thorax and abdomen red, the 

 posterior abdominal segments with red lateral spots. Very variable. Spots on the upper surface of the 

 forewing bluish yellow-grey or purer white -yellow; discal band of the hindwing grey-blue, rarely red. 

 Under surface without distinct cell-streaks, forewing without basal spots, hindwing with 3. Scent-scales 

 present in the cf'. Mexico to West Ecuador and Venezuela. The following forms have been described as 

 xenardnis. species: ab. loc. xenarchus Hew., hindwing witli broad red band; ab. loc. eridamas lieak , the red band of 

 eridamas. the hindwing narrow, the spots composing it separated: these two forms only known from East and South 

 phaon. ;\Iexico; ab. phaon BoimI. (13b), forewing with submarginal spots, but without discal spots, the band of 

 nlopos. the hindwing just entering the apex of the cell; ab. ulopos Gnuj {= iminarginatus Obnih ), forewing without 

 spots or with only indications of them, band of the hindwing broad, entering more or less far into the cell; 

 tlwrodamas. alx therodamas Fhlr., with discal and submarginal spots on the forewing and narrow, slanting band on the 

 metaphaon. hindwing, separated from the cell; ab. metaphaon Bidl. has on the hindwing a very large blue-green discal 

 pharax. area, occupying a good part of the cell ; in ab. pharax Godm. &• Salr. the hindwing has a red anal spot 

 and the discal band is remote from the cell. All tliese forms are connected with one another by transitions. 

 P. euryleon. The spots of the breast and abdomen red, the posterior abdominal segments with red 

 lateral spots. Forewing above with yellowisli grey area before the hindmargin, hindwing with red discal 

 area or band. Beneath the forewing without red basal spot, the iiindwing with three, but the spot placed 

 in the cell commonly only indicated or (juite absent, the discal band smaller than above, pale red. ? similar 

 to the cf or different from it: in the latter case forewing with cell-spot and two discal bands, all white, 

 recalling paumiiiiis and protodaiiids f. choiidnmas. Scent-organ of the cT usually present. Costa Rica to 

 cUisocutis. Ecuador. — clusoculis Bull. (I3c). Discal area of the forewing white-grey; the red band of the hindwing 

 broad, always entering the cell. § similar to the o"', the red Ijand of the hindwing somewhat 

 pithonius. hm&Aar. Costa Rica; Chiriqui. — pithonius R. d- J cf : forewing -with small or large grey spot; hind- 

 wing with 3—5 red discal spots, tiie red submarginal spots of the under surface of the hindwing very 

 small or only indicated. ? with large cell-spot on the forewing and 2 large discal spots. West Colombia 

 euryleon. and Cauca Valley. — euryleon Hew. (13 c). cf : hindwing above mostly with 4 spots placed close to the 

 cell and two small, less distinct spots before the abdominal margin; the discal spots on the underside pale 

 red. ?: the cell-spot of the forewing narrowed anteriorly, the band of the hindwing entering the cell. 

 haensdii. Magdalena Valley, Cordillera of Bogota. — haenschi It & J. cf : area of the forewing lighter grey than 

 in em-i/leon, composed of two spots, the anterior spot projecting distally ; hindwing with small cell-spot, which 

 is rarely absent, and 3 — 5 spots placed close to the cell; beneath the forewing has a large white spot 

 between the 1. and 2. median, a grey spot behind it; hindwing with 3 pale red spots, the 1. and 2. touching 

 the cell, a 4. spot often indicated. ?: the cell-patch of the forewing does not extend across the cell, band 

 of the hindwing running from the 1. radial to the abdominal margin, entering the cell, behind the cell 

 proximally whitish, as in the ? of the Aristolochia-Papilio /■". iplihluinuA cajvgi/i/a. d' with scent-organ. In 

 anntmus. Western Ecuador. — anatmus It. d- J. cf : the grey area of the forewing extending from the hindmargin 

 costad as far as the 2. median or beyond, often a grey streak in the cell; hindwing with 3 red spots, 

 separated from the cell, often only the 3. spot distinct: beneath the forewing without white spot and the 

 discal spots of the hindwing usually grey. ? not known. Scent-organ absent in the o''. East Ecuador. 

 hippardms. P. hipparchus S^tgr. (13d). cT: forewing with a row of grey submarginal spots; hindwing with pale 



reddish discal band, extending from the 1. radial to the abdominal margin. ? not known. Cauca Valley, 

 Colombia. 



