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the largest common 

 species. The color 

 is yellow with black 

 markings except in 

 certain females, 

 which may be black. 

 They are distin- 

 guishable from the 

 "Black Swallow- 

 tail" by their larger 

 size. Ajax or the 

 Zebra is a showy 

 species with white 

 wings striped with 

 black and marked 

 with red. The tails 

 are longer and nar- 

 rower in this species 

 than in the others 

 and it is otherwise 

 unmistakable. The 

 larvae feed on paw- 

 paw. 



Troilus is black 

 with olive green 

 shading on the hind 

 wings. It has no 

 pure yellow markings 



FIG. 70. Types of But- 

 terflies (Papilionidce) . 

 Reduced one-half. 



a, Papilio philenor; b, P. 

 turnus; c, P. ajax; d, Par- 

 nassius sp. 



