COMMOX BUTTERFLIES OF THE PLAIXS OF INDIA. 743 



90. Papilio buddha, ire-^t/rood. — Male upperdde : black, closely irrorated 

 with brilliant green scales, the basal area iip to the discal green band much 

 more closely than elsewhere. Forewing with a very slightly excurved, 

 oblique, bright green discal band that extends from the middle of the 

 costa to the dorsum well before the tornal angle ; measured on the dorsum 

 the width of this band is more than one-third the length of the dorsal 

 margin ; anteriorly it passes through the apical third of the cell and is 

 narrowed slightly at the costa ; the irroration of green scales beyond this 

 band is much thinner than at base of wing and is confined to a triangular 

 patch from apex of wing downwards along terminal margin. Hindwing 

 with the median third beyond the basal irroration occupied by an 

 outwardly curved, brilliant green patch interrupted by vein 6, in continua- 

 tion of the band of forewing, reaching the dorsal margin and slightly 

 narrowed at both ends (sometimes it is slightly produced into interspace 

 7), its outer margin diffuse ; this is followed by a subterminal series of ill- 

 formed green lunules traversing the outer black area which is, including 

 ihe tails, otherwise devoid of green scales. The costal area beyond vein 6 

 is dark brown with a subapical bright ochraceous lunule. Finallj' there is 

 a tornal ochraceous ocellus centred largely with black. Cilia of hindwing 

 brown, alternated with ochraceous. Underside softly brown-black, ; bases 

 of both fore and hind wings somewhat thickly, the outer portions more 

 thinly, sprinkled with pale yellow scales. Forewing : apical half obliquely 

 pale brownish white, darkening to dusky blackish at apex and narrowly 

 along termen ; the pale area narrow at termen, gradually broadened up to 

 the costa, traversed by the black veins. Hindwing: uniform; an outer 

 pale terminal band traversed by a subterminal series of ochraceous lunvdes 

 bordered on both inner and outer sides by velvety black (hardly at all on 

 the inner sides), the inner side further bordered conspicuously by silvery 

 white ; the lunule in interspace 7 much larger and bolder. Antennse, 

 head, thorax and abdomen velvety black, the head and thorax above 

 irrorated with green scales. Female differs from the male in having the 

 tails broader and, generally, in having the subapical ocellus of the hind 

 wing larger. Expanse 92-103 mm ; sometimes larger. The male about 

 ■equal to the female. 



Egg. — The egg, laid generally on the top of a leaf, is light lemon in 

 •colour at first, but soon gets a broad rusty band round the centre with a 

 darker, irregular, rusty line in middle of band, the summit of egg with a 

 rusty (colour of darker line) large patch. In shape it is spherical; the 

 surface is slightly shiny and obscurely frosted-rough. Diameter 1 . 3mm : 

 very small for the butterfly. 



Larva {1st stage). — The head is round covered with short, black hairs and 

 is coloured translucent very light buff, slightly darker on each side near 

 the apex of clypeus; eyes black ; clypeus large. The shape of the larva 



