﻿BUTTERFLIES 
  OF 
  ADMIRALTY 
  ISLANDS 
  — 
  WAGNER 
  AND 
  GRETHER 
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  This 
  butterfly 
  occurs 
  very 
  locally 
  in 
  woods 
  along 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Los 
  

   Negros 
  island. 
  Its 
  habits 
  are 
  very 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  

   Apinas 
  in 
  other 
  tropical 
  places. 
  The 
  flight 
  is 
  very 
  active, 
  following 
  

   an 
  irregular 
  course 
  swiftly 
  through 
  the 
  trees 
  from 
  ten 
  to 
  thirty 
  feet 
  

   from 
  the 
  ground. 
  ^Vlien 
  the 
  butterfly 
  comes 
  to 
  a 
  road 
  it 
  dives 
  down 
  

   from 
  the 
  trees 
  and 
  zigzags 
  along 
  the 
  forest 
  edge 
  for 
  20 
  or 
  more 
  yards 
  

   before 
  it 
  again 
  flies 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  tops 
  of 
  the 
  trees. 
  It 
  is 
  fond 
  of 
  flowers. 
  

  

  CATOPSILIA 
  CROCALE 
  (Cramer) 
  

  

  Papilio 
  crocale 
  Cramer, 
  Papillons 
  exotiques, 
  vol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  87, 
  pi. 
  55, 
  figs. 
  C, 
  D, 
  1775 
  

   (East 
  Indies). 
  

  

  Records. 
  — 
  Three 
  males, 
  eastern 
  Manus, 
  May 
  11, 
  1945; 
  Lorengau, 
  

   Manus, 
  December 
  1, 
  1945. 
  Three 
  females, 
  Momote 
  Field, 
  Los 
  Negros, 
  

   November 
  29, 
  1945 
  ; 
  Lorengau, 
  Manus, 
  December 
  1, 
  1945. 
  

  

  Notes. 
  — 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  previous 
  record 
  of 
  this 
  butterfly 
  from 
  the 
  

   Admiralties. 
  

  

  This 
  butterfly 
  is 
  common 
  along 
  the 
  roads 
  at 
  Mokerang 
  Airfield 
  on 
  

   Los 
  Negros, 
  and- 
  especially 
  at 
  Lorengau, 
  Manus. 
  It 
  is 
  fond 
  of 
  the 
  

   cultivated 
  flowers, 
  mainly 
  zinnias, 
  that 
  are 
  grown 
  in 
  gardens 
  in 
  

   Lorengau, 
  and 
  in 
  these 
  gardens 
  it 
  is 
  sometimes 
  abundant. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  

   swift 
  and 
  powerful 
  flier. 
  When 
  a 
  storm 
  approaches 
  the 
  butterflies 
  

   hurriedly 
  find 
  a 
  good-sized 
  bush 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  hide 
  for 
  security. 
  

  

  Family 
  PAPILIONIDAE 
  

  

  PAPILIO 
  PRIAMUS 
  ADMIRALITATIS 
  Rothschild 
  

  

  Papilio 
  priamus 
  admiralitatis 
  Rothschild, 
  Nov. 
  Zool., 
  vol. 
  22, 
  No. 
  2, 
  p. 
  192, 
  

   June 
  1915 
  (Manus). 
  

  

  Records. 
  — 
  One 
  male, 
  Lou 
  Island, 
  November 
  16, 
  1945. 
  Three 
  fe- 
  

   males, 
  Los 
  Negros, 
  November 
  16, 
  1944; 
  Lorengau 
  River, 
  Manus. 
  

   November 
  9, 
  1945. 
  

  

  Notes. 
  — 
  The 
  metallic 
  green 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  when 
  viewed 
  obliquely 
  

   shows 
  blue 
  reflections. 
  

  

  The 
  birdwing 
  is 
  most 
  frequent 
  in 
  dry 
  and 
  rather 
  open 
  woods. 
  It 
  

   is 
  not 
  common, 
  and 
  is 
  usually 
  seen 
  during 
  the 
  day 
  flying 
  among 
  the 
  

   forest 
  trees 
  at 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  30 
  to 
  50 
  feet 
  above 
  ground. 
  The 
  females 
  

   have 
  a 
  slower 
  and 
  more 
  cumbersome 
  flight 
  than 
  the 
  males 
  and 
  mav 
  be 
  

   caught 
  more 
  easily. 
  The 
  males 
  usually 
  remain 
  high 
  in 
  the 
  trees, 
  while 
  

   the 
  females 
  often 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  within 
  ten 
  feet 
  of 
  the 
  ground. 
  Early 
  

   morning 
  when 
  the 
  dew 
  is 
  still 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  is 
  the 
  best 
  time 
  to 
  get 
  

   specimens 
  because 
  then 
  they 
  tend 
  to 
  fly 
  lower 
  and 
  less 
  actively 
  than 
  

   later 
  in 
  the 
  day. 
  

  

  