﻿BUTTERFLIES 
  OF 
  ADMIRALTY 
  ISLANDS 
  — 
  WAGNER 
  AND 
  GRETHER 
  169 
  

  

  Record. 
  — 
  One 
  male, 
  Los 
  Negros, 
  November 
  15, 
  1945. 
  

  

  Notes. 
  — 
  Hypolimnas 
  alimena 
  eremitana 
  was 
  described 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Em- 
  

   brik 
  Strand 
  in 
  1914 
  from 
  a 
  single 
  male 
  from 
  tlie 
  Admiralty 
  Islands. 
  

   It 
  was 
  redescribed 
  by 
  Lord 
  Eothschild 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Hypolimnas 
  

   alimena 
  manusi 
  in 
  1915 
  on 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  four 
  males 
  from 
  Manus. 
  

   Strand 
  in 
  1916 
  figured 
  his 
  type 
  specimen, 
  which 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  female, 
  

   not 
  a 
  male, 
  and 
  a 
  representative 
  of 
  Rothschild's 
  H. 
  a. 
  manusi. 
  

  

  Although 
  we 
  saw 
  this 
  species 
  several 
  times 
  we 
  were 
  able 
  to 
  secure 
  

   only 
  one 
  on 
  Los 
  Negros. 
  It 
  is 
  rare 
  in 
  brushy 
  second-growth 
  woods 
  

   and 
  along 
  woodland 
  roads. 
  This 
  butterfly 
  is 
  active 
  and 
  difficult 
  to 
  

   capture. 
  It 
  is 
  fond 
  of 
  sitting 
  on 
  sun-lit 
  leaves 
  and 
  darting 
  out 
  after 
  

   other 
  butterflies. 
  

  

  HYPOLIMNAS 
  BOLINA 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

  

  Papilio 
  holina 
  Linnaeus, 
  Mus. 
  Ludov 
  Ulric, 
  p. 
  295, 
  1764 
  (in 
  Indiis). 
  

   Eypolimnns 
  holina 
  Rothschiid, 
  Nov. 
  Zool., 
  voL 
  22, 
  No. 
  2, 
  p. 
  20G, 
  June 
  1915 
  

   (Manus). 
  

  

  Records. 
  — 
  One 
  male, 
  Lou 
  Island, 
  November 
  13, 
  1945. 
  Two 
  females, 
  

   November 
  16, 
  1944, 
  March 
  20, 
  1945. 
  

  

  A 
  male 
  was 
  captured 
  by 
  Emil 
  Bogen 
  at 
  Lorengau, 
  Manus, 
  on 
  

   December 
  1, 
  1944. 
  

  

  Notes. 
  — 
  Rothschild 
  recorded 
  10 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  common 
  Pacific 
  

   island 
  butterfly 
  from 
  Manus. 
  Our 
  female 
  collected 
  in 
  November 
  1944, 
  

   is 
  of 
  the 
  form 
  iphigenia^ 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  white 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  forewings 
  

   narrower 
  than 
  usual 
  and 
  the 
  orange 
  patch 
  larger. 
  The 
  one 
  taken 
  in 
  

   March 
  1945 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  form 
  aphrodite 
  with 
  the 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  forewings 
  

   metallic 
  violet-blue 
  and 
  the 
  large 
  patch 
  on 
  the 
  hind 
  Avings 
  metallic 
  

   blue-green. 
  Admiralty 
  Islands 
  specimens 
  are 
  not 
  so 
  large 
  as 
  those 
  

   from 
  the 
  Solomons 
  or 
  so 
  small 
  as 
  those 
  from 
  the 
  Polynesian 
  islands. 
  

   They 
  are 
  closer 
  in 
  size 
  to 
  those 
  from 
  the 
  Solomons. 
  

  

  This 
  extremely 
  variable 
  species 
  is 
  frequent 
  in 
  brushy 
  second 
  growth 
  

   areas, 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Lorengau, 
  Manus. 
  Here 
  because 
  

   of 
  its 
  larger 
  size 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  noticeable 
  when 
  on 
  the 
  wing 
  than 
  it 
  is 
  on 
  

   the 
  Polynesian 
  islands. 
  

  

  HYPOLIMNAS 
  MISIPPUS 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

  

  Papilio 
  misppus 
  Linnaeus, 
  Mus. 
  Lodov. 
  Ulric, 
  p. 
  264, 
  1764 
  (in 
  Indiis). 
  

   Hypolimnas 
  misippus 
  Eothschild, 
  Nov. 
  Zool., 
  vol. 
  22, 
  No. 
  2, 
  p. 
  205, 
  June 
  1915 
  

   (Manus). 
  

  

  Notes. 
  — 
  Rothschild 
  recorded 
  three 
  females 
  of 
  the 
  form 
  diocippus 
  

   from 
  Manus. 
  In 
  our 
  experience 
  with 
  this 
  species 
  on 
  Biak 
  Island 
  we 
  

   found 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  more 
  a 
  butterfly 
  of 
  the 
  open 
  fields 
  than 
  the 
  other 
  species 
  

   of 
  Ilypolimnas. 
  

  

  