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THE HELENUS BUTTERFLY. 
Papilio Helenus. 
PLATE L. 
Papilio Helenus, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 745, No. 4.— 
Cramer, Desc. de Pap. ii. p. 90, pl. 153, fig. a. 3. 
Tue upper wings are black, and entire ; the lower 
ones also black, and scalloped, with black caudate 
wings; round the posterior margin of the lower 
wings are semilunate white spots ; in the centre of 
the wings are large spots of straw yellow, and at the 
lower inner margins are two semilunate spots of 
scarlet on each wing. The body is ofa deep blackish 
brown. 
This curious butterfly inhabits India and China, 
and is said to be found in the island of Amboyna. 
