90 BUTTERFLIES OF BORNEO. 



Sub-genus Trepsichrois. 



24. Euplcea {Trepsichrois) Claudius Fab. 



Papilio claudia, Fabricius, Gen. Ins. p. 263, (1777). 

 Sub-sp. E. daudius mulciber, Or. 



The typical form occurs in Iudia, Burma, Siam, 

 Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and some of the lesser Sunda 

 Island ; the sub-species mulciber is confined to Borneo, 

 other sub-species occur in Southern India, Java, Nias, 

 Mentawei Island and the Philippines. 



[The pupa is a most brilliant object, of a bright bur- 

 nished gold reflecting like a mirror, with spots and 

 dashes of reddish brown and orange. It is nevertheless 

 not at all conspicuous, since it is always suspended from 

 the underside of a leaf and gives the effect of a hole 

 in the leaf through which the sun is shining. I shall 

 never forget my astonishment, when, on one occasion I 

 attempted to thrust my finger through such a hole and 

 encountered instead the resistance of a large and ap- 

 parently brilliant pupa. 



The imago is widely mimicked, the following is a list 

 of the mimics : — 



Males. Euripus halitherses 9 forma cinnamomeus, 

 Hypolimnas anomala 9 , Elymnias borneensis, Papilio para- 

 doxus telesicles 5 > Pompelon subcyanea, Callamesia 

 striata 5 • 



Females. Elymnias lais 9 , Papilio paradoxus telesi- 

 cles ? 5 Callamesia striata 9 ]• 



Sub-genus Calliplcea. 



25. Euplcea {Calliplcea) adyte, Boisd. 



Euphea adyte, Boisduval, Bull. Ent. Soc. Fr. 1859, p. 156. 

 Sub-sp. E. adyte aristotelis, Moore. 



No less than sixteen sub-species of E. adyte are distin- 

 guished by Fruhstorfer, ranging all through the Malay 

 Archipelago to Melanesia : aristotelis is confined to Bor- 

 neo — natunensis occurs in the Natuna Is. 



• Jour. Straits Br&uch. 



