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THE SUGRIVA BUTTERFLY. 
Papilio Sugriva. 
PLATE X. 
Theekla Sugriva, Horsfield’s Illustrations of Lepidopterous 
Insects, Museum of the East India Company, p\. 1, fig. 
10. 10, 
Tue superior surface of both the upper and lower 
wings are black, as well as the body and antenne ; 
the lower wings have an oblong patch of deep ultra- 
marine blue; the caudate wings extend about an 
inch beyond the lower wings, and have a slight 
flexure towards their centre; they are, together 
with the wings, a considerable way above them, of 
a pale fawn colour; the inner point of the wings 
having a crescent-shaped black spot on each; the 
under side is of a rich fawn colour, clouded and 
streaked with dark brown, and having some black 
eyelike spots, with a circular margin of rich golden 
yellow. Extent of wings one inch and five-eighths ; 
total length of both wings, including the caudate 
wings, two inches and an eighth. 
This rare and curious insect inhabits India. 
