PAPILIO. 4 1 



GEOTJP. 



c? $ . Fore wing broadly triangular ; costa widely arched ; apex 

 moderately pointed but not acute ; termeii straight, very slightly 

 concave; tornus broadly rounded ; dorsum slightly sinuous, nearly 

 straight, cell long, well over half length of wing; outer Jialfofwiny 

 on the upperside in male more or less densely hairy so as to conceal 

 the scaling. Hind wing : costa arched, terraen scalloped, with at 

 apex of vein 4 a broad spatulate tail ; cell comparatively short ; 

 upper discocellular markedly longer than middle discocellular. 



Key to the forms of the Helenus group. 



A. Hind wing with an upper discal white or 



creamy-white patch ; no continuous white 

 band across. 

 . Hind wing upperside : upper discal white 



patch extends from interspaces 5 to 7. 

 a'. Hind wing underside : without a series of 



discal blue lunules. 



a 2 . Fore wing underside : pale grey inter- 

 nervular streaks anteriorly elongate that 

 reach up to apex of cell ............ P. helenus, p. 41. 



b~. Fore wing underside : pale grey inter- 



nervular streaks anteriorly not elongate , , , 



nor extended to apex of cell ...... . . . J R Me *> , race .. 



//. Hind wing underside: with a series of ' 7 tlak * ha > P- 4J - 

 discal blue lunules .................. \ R helenus > race . 



6. Hind wing upperside: upper discal white ' mooreanus, p. 43. 

 patch extended from interspaces 4 to 7 .... P. isicara, p. 43. 



B. Hind wing with a greenish- or yellowish-white 



continuous band across. 



a. This band commencing from above middle of 



dorsal margin .......................... P. demotion, p. 44. 



b. This band commencing from middle of dorsal , T> 7 mn j: nn 



margin or from a little below it .......... { * ** p.%5. 



508. Papilio helenus, Linn. St/st. Nat. ed. x, 1758, p. 459 ; Moore, Cat. 



Lep. Mus. E. I. C. i, 1857, p. 101 ; Moore (Charus), Jour. Linn. 



Soc. xxi, 1889, p. 61; Rothsch. Nov. Zool. ii, 1895, p. 284 ; Moore, 



(Charus), Lep. 2nd, v, 1901-1903, p. 208, pi. 454, figs. 1 



1 -l c, <5 $ . 



Eace daksha. 

 Papilio helenus, Moore (nee Linn.), Cat. Lep. Mus. E. l.C. i, 1857, 



pi. 3, figs. 2, 2 a, larva & pupa ; Davidson $ Aitken, Jour. 



Bomb. N. H. Soc. v, 1890, p. 367. 

 Papilio (Charus) daksha, Hampson, J. A. S. B. 1888, p. 363 ; Moore 



(Charus), Lep. Ind. v, 1901-1903, p. 210, pi. 455, tigs. 1, 1 a, 1 b, 



larva & pupa, tf $ . 

 Papilio helenus daksha, Rothsch. Nov. Zool. ii, 1895, p. 286. 



Race mooreanus. 



Charus heleuus, Moore (nee Linn.), Lep. Ceyl. i, 1881, p. 149, pi. 58, 

 fig. 3. 



