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THE JENEAS BUTTERFLY. 



Papilio ^Eneas. COCHIN CHINA. 



PLATE XIII. 



Papilio .Eneas, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 747. No. 16. 

 Gmelin's Linn. p. 2233. Shaw's Nat. Miscellany, 

 pi. 512. fig. 1. 



THE whole upper surface of the wings of the 

 ^Eneas Butterfly is black ; in the centre of the superior 

 wings is a large, irregular, bright green patch ; the 

 under wings have each five oblong-oval crimson 

 radiated spots ; the upper wings are slightly, and the 

 under ones deeply, indented on their posterior mar- 

 gins ; the body is black, furnished on each side with 

 a row of crimson spots ; on the shoulders, there is a 

 crimson triangular spot ; the head and eyes are 

 green. 



This rare and splendid butterfly is a native of 

 Cochin China. It measures four inches and an eighth 

 in breadth. 



