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THE HELENUS BUTTERFLY. 



Papilio Helenus. 

 PLATE L. 



Papilio Helenus, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 745, No. 4. 

 Cramer, Desc. de Pap. ii. p. 90, pi. 153, fig. A. B. 



THE upper wings are black, and entire ; the lower 

 ones also black, and scalloped, with black caudate 

 wings ; round the posterior margin of the lower wings 

 are semilunate white spots ; in the centre of the wings 

 are large spots of straw yellow, and at the lower 

 nner margins are two semilunate spots of scarlet on 

 each wing. The body is of a deep blackish brown. 



This curious butterfly inhabits India and China, 

 and is said to be found in the island of Amboyna. 



