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THE IMPERIAL TROJAN. 



Papilio Priamus. AMBOYNA. 



PLATE XII. 



Papilio Priamus, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 744. No. 1. 

 Clerk, Icon. Ins. Var. t. 17. Shaw's Nat. Miscellany, 

 pi. 15. 



THIS superb butterfly has the upper surface of its 

 wings of a brilliant green, shaded of a paler colour 

 towards the upper and lower discs of the superior 

 wings ; all the wings have a black margin entirely sur- 

 rounding them ; in the centre of the upper wings are 

 two large longitudinal black patches, which occupy 

 nearly the half of them ; on each of the lower wings 

 are four large circular black spots, and a golden yellow 

 square spot close to the edge of the upper surface ; the 

 head, and upper part of the back, are black, the latter 

 with a large oval spot in its centre, the upper half of 

 which is green, and the under half yellow, and two 

 smaller green spots beneath it ; the eyes are bright 

 fawn colour ; the abdomen is of a pale chestnut ; the 

 inner edges of the wings are pale brown ; the antennae 

 are thickened at the top, but taper to a point. 



Linnaeus considers this to be the most beautiful of 

 all the papilionaceous tribe of insects. He says, " It 

 is by far the most august of all the Papilios, being 

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