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THE ARCHIPPUS BUTTERFLY. 



Papilio Archippus AMERICA. 

 PLATE XXIII. 



-Papilio Archippus, Fabr. JEW. iv. p. 49 Cramer, Des.de 

 Papillons, pi. 206, fig. 8, E.F. 



THE centre of all the wings is deep fulvous brown, 

 surrounded by a black band, which is thickly 

 studded with irregularly shaped white spots and dots. 

 At the outer extremity of the upper wings there are 

 two large oblong fulvous spots, and several others of 

 yellow and purple. The body is black, and dotted 

 with white on the back. 



The extent of this insect is four inches and an 

 eighth. The antennae are rather short and slender 

 for the size of the butterfly. It inhabits Carolina and 

 Virginia. 



The caterpillar is white, with transverse bars of 

 dark brown. It feeds chiefly on the leaves of the 

 Asclepias carassavica. The pupa is of a pale green, 

 with several bright golden yellow spots. 



