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THE PLANTAIN FRITILLARY. 



Papilio Cinxia. BRITAIN. 

 PLATE XXII. 



Papilio Cinxia, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 784, No. 205 



WiWs Pap. 68, tab. 3, a. 8 Donovan's Brit. Ins. pi. 

 242. 



THE wings are indented, and of a bright chestnut 

 brown colour, clouded with black ; the margin with a 

 row of oblong white spots ; the under side is fulvous, 

 with three whitish bands across the lower wings, 

 marked with black spots. 



The larva is black, beset with spines and tufts of 

 the same colour. The sides are marked with a 

 double row of white spots ; and the feet are red. It 

 is found on the long plantain in April. It becomes 

 the perfect insect in May. This is the rarest of the 

 British Fritillary Butterflies, if we except the Papilio 

 Lathonia, the Queen of Spain Butterfly. 



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