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PLATE CCCCLXXXI. 



PAPILIO ARGIOLUS. 



AZURE - BLUE BUTTERFLY. 

 LEPIDOPTERA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae clubbed at the end : wings erecl; when at reft. Fly by 

 day, 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Wings without a tail : above blue, with black margin : beneath 

 blueifli, with black dots. 



Papilio Argiolus : alis ecaudatis fupra cosruleis margine nigris,, 



fubtus coerulefcentibus : pimclis nigris difperfis. 



Linn. Fn. Suec. 1076.— Gmel. Syjl. Nat. T. 1. 



p. 5. 2350. 234. 

 Hesperia Argiolus. Fabr. Spec. Inf. 2. p. 123. n. 551.— - 



Mant. Inf. 2. p. 73. n. 686. 



Papilio Argiolus is a very beautiful fpecies : the female, which is 

 rather larger than the male, is of a vivid azure blue on the upper fur- 

 face • the female biueilli, inclining to purple : the under furface in 

 both are very nearly fimilar. 



The 



