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THE PHLEGIA BUTTERFLY. 



Papilio Phlegia. 

 PLATE LI. 



Papilio Phlegia, Seba, iv. tab. 34, fig. 7, 8 Cramer, Desc. 

 de Pap. iii. p. 9, pi. 197, fig. F. 



THE upper and under sides of this pretty butterfly 

 are black, as well as the body, with a wedge- 

 shaped transverse patch of reddish orange extending 

 from the body half across the upper wings, and a 

 small one, the same shape and colour, on the under 

 wings. The back has five spots of the same colour, 

 and the segments of the body on each side are spotted 

 with this colour ; eyes scarlet, with a spot of the 

 same colour below their outer upper surface. All the 

 other parts of both wings are spotted with white, 

 those on the upper wings are irregular in the centre, 

 and forming a double row near the margins ; the 

 under wings are radiated. 



The male differs from the female in having the 

 black borders of the upper wings crossed by two 

 narrow transverse bands of a reddish brown colour. 



This interesting species is a native of Surinam, 

 where it is said to be rather rare. 



