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PAPILIONID^. 



hind wing in the few females I have seen vary in width more 

 than they do in the males ; the ground-colour also of the hind 

 wing is generally of a chestnut-red, not black or fuliginous. 



Exp. c? 2 92-124 mm. (3-64-4-9"). 



Hob. Sikhim ; Bhutan ; the hills of Assam, Burma, and 

 Tenasserim ; extending through the Shan States to Siam. 



The type was from Assam. De Niceville separated the Sikhim 

 form under the name pJirontis, and Fruhstorfer the Eastern 

 Burmese and Siara form as neronus ; but the distinguishing 

 characters, viz., in phrontis, the shade of the ground-colour and 

 size and extent of the bluish-white markings in the only, and 

 in neronus, the absence of the subterminal series of spots on the 

 hind wing, seem to me eminently variable in specimens from all 

 parts of the insect's range. 



559. Papilio macareus, Godart, Enc. Meth. ix, 1819, p. 76. 

 Race indicus. 



Papilio macareus indicus, Rothsch. Nov. Zool. ii, 1895, p. 457. 

 Papilio (Paranticopsis) polynices, de Niceville, J. A. S. B. Ixvi, 



1897, p. 568. 

 Paranticopsis polynices, Moore, Lep. Ind. vi, 1904, p. 109, pi. 515, 



figs. 1, : or, 3 $ . 

 Paranticopsis indicus, Moore, Lep. Ind. vi, 1904, p. 110, pi. 515, 



figs. 2, 2 a, 2 b, J $ . 



Race indicus, Eothsch. S Upperside : ground-colour and 

 markings very similar to those of P. xenocles, but the former is 

 of a more brownish-fuliginous tint and the latter are all very 

 much narrower ; also there are distinctly two well-divided streaks 

 in interspace 1 of the fore wing ; on the hind wing there 

 is never any tornal yellow spot, 

 while the bluish-white streak in the 

 cell is very often divided. Under- 

 side : similar to the upperside both 

 in ground-colour and markings, only 

 the latter are much broader than on 

 the upperside. It differs from the 

 underside of P. xenocles by the ab- 

 sence in most specimens of the 

 yellow tornal spot on the hind wing ; 

 also the terminal brown margin on the 

 same wing is proportionately much 

 broader and much darker. Antennae, 

 head, thorax and abdomen coloured 

 as in P. xenocles. $ . Dimorphic or 

 trimorphic. First form similar to 

 c? , with similar but proportionately 

 broader markings (typical polijnices). 

 Second form similar to rf with 

 similar markings, but on the fore wing the inner portion of the 



Fig. 29. Papilio macareus, 

 race indicus. 



