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THE RADIATED BUTTERFLY. 
Papilio Ulysses. 
PLATE XLVI. 
Papilio Ulysses, Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 748.—Kabr. Spec. 
Ins. ii. p. 13.—Cramer, Desc. de. Papillons, ii. pl. 121. 
—Shaw’s Nat. Mise. pl. 92. 
Born the upper and under wings of this insect are 
black ; from the body, extending over three-fourths 
of the wings, it is of a fine verdigris green, radiating 
towards the posterior margins ; the upper wings are 
entire, and the under wings deeply indented, with a 
margin of white semilunar spots, and a large caudate 
wing at the lower extremity of each wing. The body 
is black, changing into green with iridescent radi- 
ance; the lower surface of the wings has seven 
ocellated spots. The antenne are short in propor- 
tion to the size of the insect, which measures five 
inches and a half in breadth. 
This insect is of uncommon beauty. The wings 
are of the deepest velvet black ; while the area, or 
middle part of each, is occupied by a very large 
proportion of the most brilliant and iridescent blue, 
Which terminates in a radiated manner round the 
edges. This insect also affords an excellent example 
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