36 PAPILIO. By Dr. K. Jordan. 



West Colombia and probably Panama; as in prasiniis the forewing without pale apical area; costal area of 

 the upperside of the forewing almost black, in frasinus almost as metallic green as the disc; underside of 

 pausanias. the hindwing without pale (yellow-green or reddish) streaks between the veins. — pausanias Hew. 

 (^ hermolaus Giien.) (12a). Apex of the forewing with large grey area; under surface of the hindwing 

 between the veins with pale streaks, extending to the submarginal spots. Central Colombia to Bolivia, 

 Orinoco, the Amazons and Goyaz. 

 microdamas. P. microdamas Burm. (12 a). A yellowish band from the costal margin of the forewing to the 



anal angle of the hindwing; under surface without red basal spots on the forewing, with 4 spots on the 

 hindwing. ? similar to the &. — Paraguay, Northern Argentina, Caraca in Brazil; a lowland species. 



P. protodamas Godt. {— hyperion Him). Forewing with yellowish area consisting of 3 large patches, 

 or with 1 or 2 rows of spots; hindwing with yellowish grey-blue band; forewing beneath without basal 

 spots, hindwing with 3. The scent-organ of the cf wanting. Larva black, with grey and white, partly 

 yellow stripes, the thorax dotted with white and yellow. Thoracic horn of the pupa rather thin. Two 

 protodamas. individual forms of the butterfly are known: in f. protodamas Godt. the forewing has two rows of spots, 

 choridamas. the upper ones of wliich are more or less merged together; in f choridamas Boisd. (13b) the forewing 

 has a very large cell-spot and two discal patches, also large. — The butterfly is entirely Brazilian; it is 

 found from Minas Geraes to Rio Grande do Sul; but the f. choridrmias does not appear to extend so far 

 south, being only known to us from the provinces of Rio de Janeiro and Minas Geraes. 



P. phaon Boisd. Similar to the preceding species; the spots on thorax and abdomen red, the 

 posterior abdominal segments with red lateral spots. Very variable. Spots on the upper surface of the 

 forewing bluish yellow-grej^ or purer white -j'ellow; discal band of the hindwing grey-blue, rarely red. 

 Under surface without distinct cell-streaks, forewing without basal spots, hindwing with 3. Scent-scales 

 present in the cf. Mexico to West Ecuador and Venezuela. The following forms have been described as 

 xenardnts. species: ab. loc. xenarchus Hew., hindwing with broad red band; ab. loc. eridamas Beak., the red band of 

 eridamas. the hindwing narrow, the spots composing it separated; these two forms onlj^ known from East and South 

 '' jo/zaon. Mexico ; ab. phaon Boisd. (I3b), forewing with submarginal spots, but without discal spots, the band of 

 nlopos. the hindwing just entering the apex of the cell; ab. ulopOS Gray (= immarginatus Oberfh), forewing without 

 spots or with only indications of them, band of the hindwing broad, entering more or less far into the cell; 

 therodamas. ab. therodamas Pl.ih'., with discal and submarginal spots on the forewing and narrow, slanting band on the 

 metaphaon. hindwing, separated from the cell; ab. metaphaon Biitl. has on the hindwing a very large blue-green discal 

 pharax. area, occupying a good part of the cell; in ab. pharax Godin. & Salp. the hindwing has a red anal spot 

 and the discal band is remote from the cell. All these forms are connected with one another by transitions- 

 P. euryleon. The spots of the breast and abdomen red, the posterior abdominal segments with red 

 lateral spots. Forewing above with yellowish gre}^ area before the hindmargin, hindwing with red discal 

 area or band. Beneath the forewing without red basal spot, the hindwing with three, but the spot placed 

 in the cell commonly only indicated or quite absent, the discal band smaller than above, pale red. ? similar 

 to the cf or different from it; in the latter case forewing with cell-spot and two discal bands, all white, 

 recalling pausardus and jyrotodamas f. choridamas. Scent-organ of the cf usually present. Costa Rica to 

 clusoculis. Ecuador. — clusoculis BiUl. (13 c). Discal area of the forewing white-grey; the red band of the hindwing 

 broad, always entering the cell. ? similar to the cf, the red band of the hindwing somewhat 

 pithonius. broader. Costa Rica; Chiriqui. — pithonius R. & J. cf: forewing with small or large grey spot; hind- 

 wing with 3 — 5 red discal spots, the red submarginal spots of the under sui'face of the hindwing very 

 small or only indicated. ? with large cell-spot on the forewing and 2 large discal spots. West Colombia 

 euryleon. and Cauca Valley. — euryleon Heiv. (13 c). o^ : hindwing above mostly with 4 spots placed close to the 

 cell and two small, less distinct spots before the abdominal margin; the discal spots on the underside pale 

 red. ?: the cell-spot of the forewing narrowed anteriorl}^, the band of the hindwing entering the cell. 

 haensdu. Magdalena Vallej', Cordillera of Bogota. — haenschi E. & J. d' : area of the forewing hghter grey than 

 in em-'jleon, composed of two spots, the anterior spot projecting distally; hindwing with small cell-spot, which 

 is rarely absent, and 3—5 spots placed close to the cell; beneath the forewing has a large white spot 

 between the 1. and 2. median, a grej- spot behind it; hind-^ving with 3 pale red spots, the 1. and 2. touching 

 the cell, a 4. spot often indicated. ?: the cell-patch of the forewing does not extend across the cell, band 

 of the hindwing running from the 1. radial to the abdominal margin, entering the cell, behind the cell 

 proximall}' whitish, as in the ? of the x4.ristolochia-Papiho P. ip/ndamas calogyna. & with scent-organ. In 

 anatmus. Western Ecuador. — anatmus li. (& J. cf : the grey area of the forewing extending from the hindmargin 

 costad as far as the 2. median or beyond, often a grey streak in the cell; hindwing with 3 red spots, 

 separated from the cell, often only the 3. spot distinct; beneath the forewing without white spot and the 

 discal spots of the hindwing usually grey. ? not known. Scent-organ absent in the cT. East Ecuador. 

 hippardws. P. hipparchus Stgr. (13d). cT: forewing with a row of grey submarginal spots; hindwing with pale 



reddish discal band, extending from the 1. radial to the abdominal margin. ? not known. Cauca Valley, 

 Colombia. 



