RHOPALOCERA MALAYAN A. 



5, Papilio aristolochiae var. diphilus. {Tab. XXXI,, figs. 6 & 7 van*) 



Papilio Arktolochia, Fabriciue, Syst. Ent. p. 443. n. 8 (1776 j ; Bull. Cat. Fabr. Lepid. p. 258, n. 78 fl8(J f -»i : 



Moore, Proc, Zool. Soc, 1878 f p. 840. 

 Papilio PoU&mU, Cram. Pap. Ex. ii. t. 128, A, B (1770). 



Papilio Puhjilurm, Jabl. Nature. Schraett. ii. fc. lfi, f. 8 (1784) ; Godt, Eno. M&h. ix. p. 71, n, 180 (1819) ; 

 Boisd. Spec. Gen. i. p. 207, n. 90 <1886); De Haan, Verb. Nat. Ges. Ned. overz. Bez, p. 38, t. 8, 

 f. 1 (1840). 



Papilio Diphilus, Esper. Ausl. Sohmett. t. 40 D, f, 1 U7S5— 1798); Hubn. Samml. Ex. Schmett. (1800— 

 1810) ; Gray, Cat. Lepid. Papil. p. 10, n. 84 (18S2) j Horsf. k Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. 0. vol. i. 

 p. 94, n, 190 (1857) ; "Voll. Tijd. Ent. iii. p. 79, n. 78 (I860) ; Wall. Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. xxv, p, 48, 

 n. 26 (1 665) ; Moore, Proc. Zool, Soc, 1865, p. 750 ; Druce, Proc, Zool. Soc. 1874. p. 109, n. 8 ; Pryer, 

 Eni Mo, Mag. vol. xiv. p. 62 (1877); Butl. Trans, Linn. Soc. eer. 2, Zool. vol. i. p. 668, n. 21 (1877) ; 

 Proc. Zool, 80c. 1883. p. 158, n. 81 j Gosee, Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Zool. vol. ii. p. 829, t, 83, 

 f. 17—20 (1882). 



MtnelaM™ AH*U>lochia. Mooro, Proc. Zool. Boc 1882, p. 259. 



Papilio Adttmas, Z ink. Nova. Aota. Ac. Nat. Cur. xv. p. 144 (1881). 



Potfftlant* T!twm t Swains. Zool. 111. Ins. ii. t. 101 (1888). 



Mule, Anterior wings above fuliginous, the basal area hlacMsb, and the remaining area streaked with 

 blackish, both in cell and between the nervaies; posterior wings blackish, with five whitish spots beyond 

 cell, the first and smallest situate above the discoidal nervate, the fifth between the lower median nervule 

 and the subniedian nervure, and a submarginal row of six reddish spots placed between the ner vales, of 

 which the upper three are the most obscure ; a red spot above anal angle more or less fused with the inner 

 wlntish spot. Anterior wings beneath as above, but paler ; posterior wings with the red spots larger and 

 brighter than above, and with a small additional whitish spot within and just before end of cell (this spot 

 is frequently visible above). Head and pronotum black, with an anterior pronotal collar and a tuft between 

 the eyes carmine-red ; abdomen red, spotted above and beneath with black ; thorax beneath and legs 

 black; lateral margins of the thorax at bftBe of wings carmine-red. 



Female. Resembling the male, but with the anterior wings broader, and the red submarginal spots 

 to the posterior wings rather mure obsi-iuv . 



Exp. wings, J & ? , 70 to 90 millim. 



Hab. — Continental India; N.W. Provinces (Swinhoe— Butler ; N,W, Himalaya (Hocking — Moore); 

 Bengal (Moore); Calcutta (Horsf. & Moore). — Burma; Moulmein (Limborg). — Tenasserim ; Meetan, 

 Hatsiega, Naththoung to Paboga (Limborg — Moore}.— Malay Peninsula; Penang (coll. Dist.) ; Province 

 AVellesley (colls. Sauer and Dist.); Perak (Kiiustl. — Calc. Mus.); Malacca (Pinwill — Brit. Mas,), — Siam ; 

 Nahconchaisce (Druce).— Java < Voll. and coll. Wallace*. China : Chefcmng n n»l Kinngsu Provinces (Prver). 



This is a very variable species, the race found in the Malay Peninsula being somewhat 

 inconstant in character, especially by the presence or absence of the whitish spot in and near 

 the end of cell of the posterior win£. Wlien a series of specimens are examined, collected over 

 a large area, and combining typical examples of 1\ aristobchim ami l\ diphilus, the difficulty of 

 properly separating these forms seems to be insuperable, and Mr. Moore — who cannot be accused 

 of too synthetic an arrangement of species — has recently published the two names as synonyms. 1 



The flight of this butterfly has been differently described. Gapt. de la Chaumette reports 

 it (when observed in Continental India) as being 41 slow and heavy"; t whilst at Malacca the 

 Rev. L, C. Biggs describes it as having 44 a curious hurried flight," and that it "will often 

 bear you company for quite a long distance upon the road, returning even alter being 



* Proc. Z00L Soc. 1882, p. 259. 

 Sept. 25, 1885. 



J But Mouth. Mag, vol. ii. p. 87. 



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