﻿BUTTERFLIES 
  OF 
  ADMIRALTY 
  ISLANDS 
  — 
  ^WAGNER 
  AND 
  GRETHER 
  183 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  woods 
  this 
  conspicuous 
  swallowtail 
  flies 
  swiftly 
  at 
  an 
  average 
  

   level 
  of 
  about 
  10 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  ground, 
  but 
  when 
  it 
  reaches 
  clearings, 
  

   and 
  along 
  roads, 
  it 
  may 
  fly 
  higher. 
  It 
  is 
  very 
  fond 
  of 
  the 
  flowers 
  of 
  

   tall 
  forest 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  ginger 
  family. 
  It 
  is 
  frequent 
  in 
  all 
  wooded 
  

   areas. 
  

  

  PAPILIO 
  ULYSSES 
  GABKIELIS 
  Rothschild 
  

  

  Papilio 
  Ulysses 
  gahrielis 
  Rothschild, 
  Nov. 
  ZooL, 
  voL 
  5, 
  No. 
  2, 
  p. 
  217, 
  May 
  1898 
  

   (St. 
  Gabriel) 
  ; 
  voL 
  22, 
  No. 
  2, 
  p. 
  194, 
  June 
  1915 
  (Manus). 
  

  

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

   May 
  14, 
  1945. 
  One 
  female, 
  eastern 
  Manus, 
  November 
  16, 
  1945. 
  

  

  Notes. 
  — 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  notable 
  very 
  dark 
  local 
  race 
  of 
  a 
  common 
  and 
  wide 
  

   ranging 
  swallowtail, 
  originally 
  described 
  from 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  St. 
  

   Gabriel 
  or 
  Paak. 
  The 
  blue 
  areas 
  of 
  the 
  wings 
  are 
  restricted 
  in 
  extent 
  

   and 
  the 
  blue 
  scales 
  are 
  mixed 
  with 
  black 
  scales. 
  The 
  hind 
  wing 
  is 
  

   longer 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  subsepecies, 
  with 
  wider 
  tails. 
  

  

  The 
  blue 
  swallowtail 
  is 
  probably 
  the 
  most 
  conspicuous 
  butterfly 
  in 
  

   the 
  Admiralty 
  Islands. 
  It 
  flies 
  high 
  among 
  the 
  trees 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  

   seen 
  along 
  the 
  QilgQ 
  of 
  the 
  forest 
  coursing 
  actively 
  up 
  and 
  down 
  over 
  

   the 
  tall 
  vegetation. 
  In 
  certain 
  places, 
  especially 
  along 
  dirt 
  roads 
  and 
  

   small 
  streams, 
  the 
  males 
  cover 
  a 
  definite 
  "beat," 
  flying 
  back 
  and 
  forth 
  

   over 
  the 
  same 
  area. 
  Although 
  it 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  commonest 
  butterflies 
  

   in 
  the 
  Admiralty 
  Islands 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  easy 
  to 
  catch, 
  because 
  of 
  its 
  high 
  

   flight. 
  The 
  only 
  female 
  we 
  captured 
  was 
  taken 
  on 
  ginger 
  flowers. 
  

  

  PAPILIO 
  CODRUS 
  AURATUS 
  Rothschild 
  

  

  Papilio 
  codrus 
  auratus 
  Rothschild, 
  Nov. 
  ZooL, 
  voL 
  5, 
  No. 
  2, 
  p. 
  218, 
  May 
  1898 
  (St. 
  

   Gabriel) 
  ; 
  voL 
  22, 
  No. 
  2, 
  p. 
  194, 
  June 
  1915 
  (Manus). 
  

  

  Notes. 
  — 
  This 
  subspecies 
  was 
  described 
  from 
  St. 
  Gabriel 
  and 
  later 
  

   was 
  received 
  by 
  Rothschild 
  from 
  Manus. 
  This 
  is 
  one 
  species 
  we 
  

   never 
  could 
  capture. 
  We 
  saw 
  it 
  several 
  times 
  during 
  November 
  

   1945, 
  at 
  Los 
  Negros. 
  The 
  flight 
  is 
  high 
  and 
  powerful, 
  with 
  a 
  peculiar 
  

   bouncing 
  motion. 
  

  

  PAPILIO 
  MACFARLANEI 
  ADMIRALIS 
  Rothschild 
  

  

  Papilio 
  macfarlanci 
  admiralis 
  Rothschild, 
  Nov. 
  Zool., 
  vol. 
  22, 
  No. 
  2, 
  p. 
  195, 
  

   June 
  1915 
  (Manus). 
  

  

  Eecord. 
  — 
  One 
  female, 
  Momote 
  Field, 
  Los 
  Negros, 
  November 
  21, 
  

   1945. 
  

  

  Notes. 
  — 
  This 
  is 
  an 
  active 
  high-flying 
  swallowtail 
  which 
  occurs 
  in 
  

   forested 
  areas. 
  It 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  much 
  less 
  common 
  than 
  P. 
  agamemnoii, 
  

   which 
  it 
  resembles 
  in 
  life. 
  

  

  