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PAPILIO PARIS. 
PLATE IIL Fig. 2. 
Unn. Fubr. Drury's Ins. PI. xii. fig. 1 ; Cramer, PI. 103, A, B ; 
Boisd. Spec. gen. p. 208. 
P. Ulysses, Perianthus, Bianor, Polyctor (Boisd.), 
Blumer (Boisd.), Crino, Palinurus, Paris, and 
Atyma, form a very natural group of butterflies, 
distributed over the eastern parts of the continent of 
Asia, and the islands of the Indian Archipelago. 
Tire great breadth of the wings and tail, combined 
with the general darkness of their colours, give them 
a somewhat heavy appearance, but this is often in 
some degree relieved by great richness of decoration. 
They are occasionally ornamented with patches of 
very brilliant azure-blue, and nearly all of them are 
sprinkled with shining points of golden-green, making 
the surface appear as if powdered with gold-dust. 
The species figured as an example is a native of 
China, and is often received in collections from that 
country, although it does not appear to be very 
common. In many cabinets a closely allied species 
stands for this, which is so similar that the two may 
easily be confounded. The species alluded to is 
Pap. Arjuna, a native of Java, accurately described 
by Dr. Horsfield ; but although now regarded as 
