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THE ADONIS BUTTERFLY. 
Papilio Adonis.—Suninam. 
PLATE XVII. 
Papilio Adonis, Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 744.—Cramer, Desc. 
de Papitllons, pl, 61, fig. a. B. 
THE wings on the whole upper surface are of a 
bright Antwerp blue, and slightly denticulated; the 
extreme points of the upper wings are black, and 
the lower angle of the under ones the same ; to- 
wards the points of the upper are two white spots 
on each ; the under surface of the wings is gray, 
clouded with undulated patches of pale brown and 
dark gray, with five ocellated, fawn-coloured spots. 
The breadth of the extended wings is four inches 
and a half. 
This highly beautiful insect is a native of Suri- 
nam, and, according to Madam Merian, it is abun- 
dant in that country. 
