LEPIDOPTERA. 51 



Order. LEPIDOPTERA. Lb 



PAPILIO PARIS. 



Plate 22. 



Tribe. Diurna, Latreille. (Papilio, Linnceus.) 



Family. Papilionid^, Leach. 



Genus. Papilio, Linnaus, (Section, Equites.) Latreille, Boisduval, Sj-c. 



Ch. Sp. P. alis nigris, aureo-viridi pulverulentis, posticis caudatis, macula (in utroque sexu) 



magna azureo-cserulea, ocello fulvo ad angulum ani, his subtus maculis septem 



marginalibus ocellatis. Expans. alar. 4 unc. 

 P. with the wings black, powdered with golden-green atoms, the posterior with a 



broad tail and a large shining blue spot in both sexes, and a reddish eye at the 



anal angle ; beneath with seven marginal eye-like spots. Expanse of the wings 



about 4 inches. 



Syn. Papilio Paris, Linn. Syst. Nat. 2. p. 745. No. 3. Fabr. Ent. Syst. 3. I. p. 1. 



No. 1. Drury Exotic Ins. V. I. t. 12. f. 1. 2. Cramer Pap. 2. pi. 103. 

 /. A. B. Esper. Ausl. Schmett. t. 2. /. 1. Encycl. Meth. IX. p. 69. Bois- 

 duval Hist. Nat. Lep. 1. p. 208. 



The simile proposed by Linnaeus, both for the arrangement and specific nomenclature 

 of butterflies, is gleaned from ancient and fabulous history. The species are divided 

 into sections of Trojan and Greek princes, heroes, deities, nymphs, and plebeians : and 

 the species have received names in accordance with this fanciful theory, which, at least, 

 in the writings of Linnaeus is well conducted, and seems liable to less objection than the 

 characters assigned to each section : for many species placed among the Equites, and a 

 more considerable number with the Plebeii, are inconsistent with the essential criterion 

 Linnaeus has given. This arrangement has necessarily undergone material alterations in 

 the Entomologia Systematica of Fabricius and other still more recent works ; alterations 

 certainly justified by the more comprehensive views now taken of this pleasing branch of 

 Entomology. The Equites of Fabricius, with many additions, and a few exceptions, are 

 the same as those in the two Linnsean sections : Papilio Priamus is, however, removed 

 from the head of the Equites Trqjani, and the precedence given to Papilio Paris. 



Papilio Paris is an insect of considerable beauty. The general colour on the upper 

 surface is obscure brown, nearly approaching black, but finely contrasted with brilliant 

 green atoms, profusely sprinkled over it. The posterior wings are adorned with a large 



