﻿BUTTERFLIES 
  OF 
  ADMIRALTY 
  ISLANDS 
  — 
  WAGNER 
  AND 
  GRETHER 
  173 
  

  

  slow 
  flapping 
  flight 
  and 
  is 
  not 
  very 
  conspicuous. 
  When 
  flying 
  it 
  has 
  

   a 
  gray 
  glossy 
  appearance. 
  The 
  insects 
  are 
  easily 
  captured, 
  but 
  they 
  

   often 
  fly 
  among 
  the 
  lower 
  branches 
  of 
  tall 
  trees 
  making 
  them 
  difficult 
  

   to 
  reach 
  with 
  the 
  net. 
  

  

  Subfamily 
  Danainae 
  

  

  DANAUS 
  JUVENTA 
  RIBBEI 
  (Fruhstorfer) 
  

  

  Danaida 
  juventa 
  rihiei 
  Feuhstorfeb, 
  Iris, 
  vol. 
  19, 
  p. 
  163, 
  1906 
  (New 
  Ireland). 
  — 
  

   KoTHSCHiLD, 
  Nov. 
  Zool., 
  vol. 
  22, 
  No. 
  2, 
  p. 
  196, 
  June 
  1915 
  (Manvis). 
  

  

  Records. 
  — 
  Seven 
  males, 
  Los 
  Negros, 
  November 
  16, 
  1944, 
  March 
  19, 
  

   May 
  14, 
  November 
  9, 
  1945 
  ; 
  Manus, 
  near 
  Lorengau, 
  November 
  9, 
  1945. 
  

   Four 
  females, 
  Los 
  Negros, 
  November 
  16, 
  1944, 
  May 
  14, 
  November 
  15, 
  

   25, 
  1945. 
  

  

  Notes. 
  — 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  common 
  butterfly 
  in 
  weedy 
  thickets 
  and 
  second 
  

   grovv'th 
  woods. 
  The 
  flight 
  is 
  rather 
  slow 
  and 
  weak 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  

   that 
  of 
  the 
  North 
  American 
  monarch. 
  

  

  DANAUS 
  MYTILENE 
  DECIPIENTIS 
  (Strand) 
  

  

  Danaida 
  mytilene 
  decipientis 
  Strand, 
  Lepidoptera 
  Niepeltiana, 
  pt. 
  1, 
  p. 
  25, 
  1914 
  

   (Admiralty 
  Islands). 
  — 
  Rothschild, 
  Nov, 
  Zool., 
  vol. 
  22, 
  No. 
  2, 
  p. 
  196, 
  June 
  

   1915 
  (Manus). 
  

  

  Records. 
  — 
  Six 
  males, 
  Los 
  Negros, 
  November 
  16, 
  1944, 
  March 
  18, 
  

   19, 
  November 
  9, 
  21, 
  1945. 
  Six 
  females, 
  Los 
  Negros, 
  November 
  17, 
  1944, 
  

   March 
  19, 
  November 
  15, 
  17, 
  19, 
  27, 
  1945. 
  

  

  Notes. 
  — 
  Strand 
  described 
  this 
  subspecies 
  on 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  one 
  male 
  

   from 
  the 
  Admiralty 
  Islands. 
  Rothschild 
  had 
  8 
  specimens 
  from 
  

   Manus. 
  

  

  This 
  butterfly 
  is 
  very 
  common 
  on 
  Los 
  Negros 
  island, 
  particularly 
  

   about 
  Momote 
  Airfield, 
  along 
  roads, 
  and 
  in 
  coconut 
  groves. 
  The 
  

   flight 
  is 
  weak, 
  at 
  a 
  level 
  of 
  about 
  five 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  ground. 
  

  

  DANAUS 
  PLEXIPPUS 
  PLEXIPPUS 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

  

  Papilio 
  plcxippus 
  Linnaeus, 
  Systema 
  naturae, 
  ed. 
  10, 
  vol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  471, 
  No. 
  SO, 
  1758 
  

   (North 
  America). 
  

  

  Records. 
  — 
  Two 
  males, 
  Lorengau, 
  Manus, 
  December 
  1, 
  1945. 
  

  

  Notes. 
  — 
  Although 
  heretofore 
  not 
  reported 
  from 
  the 
  Admiralties, 
  

   this 
  widely 
  spread 
  introduced 
  species 
  is 
  well 
  known 
  in 
  the 
  Bismarck 
  

   Archipelago 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Solomon 
  Islands. 
  It 
  was 
  found 
  hy 
  Ribbe 
  in 
  

   New 
  Pomerania, 
  New 
  Lauenburg, 
  New 
  Mecklenburg, 
  Nusa, 
  New 
  Han- 
  

   over, 
  Shbrtland 
  Island, 
  Bougainville, 
  Choiseul, 
  Isabel, 
  and 
  New 
  

   Georgia. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Admiralties 
  it 
  is 
  frequent 
  in 
  fields 
  near 
  Mokerang 
  Airstrip 
  

   on 
  Los 
  Negros, 
  and 
  quite 
  common 
  in 
  fields 
  at 
  Lorengau. 
  Tlie 
  mon- 
  

  

  