ACHILLES, 



OR THE 



GREAT BLUE-BANDED 

 BUTTERFLY. 



Generic Character. 



The Antenna or Horns thickening towards the 

 upper part, and generally terminating in a 

 knob, or club-lhaped tip. 



The Wings (when fitting) erect., and meeting up- 

 wards. {Flight diurnal). 



Specific Character. 



BLACK BUTTERFLY with indented wings, 

 crofled by a broad band of blue : the lower 

 furface brown, with ocellated fpots. 



This infect., fo remarkable for its lize and the gran- 

 deur of its appearance, is a native of South America. 

 It is fubjed to fome variety; the band of brilliant blue 

 being wider in fome fpecimens than in others : there 

 is alfo a ditference in the number as well as the color 

 of the pale fpots with which the upper wings are marked 

 towards their tips, which in fome fpecimens are nearly 

 white, and of a fomewhat ocellated appearance ; in 



others 



