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PAPILIO. By Dr. K. Jordan. 
a reddish white lateral band as in the allied species. Pupa greenish yellow. Philippines, Palawan and Talaut 
rhadaman- i s i anc ls; three subspecies. — rhadamantus Lucas (= amphrisius Lucas nec F., rhadamanthus Bdv. partim, 
nephereus Gray, basilanicus Fruhst.) (12 c) inhabits the Philippines and appears to be common on all the 
islands of the group. : the black dusting on the anal part of the gold area of the hindwing usually only 
reaches half-way to the cell, sometimes it extends into the cell, but the underscales always remain yellow. 
The $ always with a large gold spot behind the cell of the hindwing, whilst the spot placed before the sub- 
plateni. costal is always smaller than the patch between the two median veins and is often entirely absent. — plateni 
Stgr. (10 c). $: hindwing on the upperside from the anal angle at least nearly to the anterior margin of the 
cell entirely black, sometimes only one gold patch is left, beneath on t@e contrary the gold area in many 
specimens is almost as large as in the preceding subspecies, whilst in others it is more or less strongly reduced.. 
In the $ the gold spot placed behind the cell of the hindwing is small or absent, rarely as large as in rhada¬ 
mantus, the spot before the cell on the contrary is mostly larger than the one between the two median veins; 
dohertyi. beneath the golden area is more dusted with grey than in rhadamantus. Palawan. — dohertyi Bippon (= vorder- 
mani Snell.) (13 a, b). above on both wings black, sometimes anteriorly on the hindwing a vestige of the 
gold area present; beneath the hindwing has always a golden discal band ; this, however, varies in width. 
^ paler than in the preceding forms, the gold area of the hindwing above much reduced, often suppressed alto¬ 
gether. Specimens of both sexes in which the vein-stripes of the forewing beneath are merged together are 
fasciculatus. found together with normal specimens: ab. fasciculatus Lathy. Talaut Islands, probably especially on the 
principal island Talaut (= Talaur = Salibaboe); apparently not rare. 
magellanus. P. magellanus Fldr. This magnificent species is widely distributed in the Philippines, but is much 
rarer than P. rhadamantus. It is known so far from the Babuyanes, Luzon, Polillo and Mindanao. Most 
probably it is also represented on Mindoro. iVbdomen above and beneath grey-yellow, in the $ above late¬ 
rally more or less blackened; the forewing with light vein-stripes extending to the cell; the hindwing golden, 
in the above and beneath with strong, brilliant opaline gloss, which is also indicated in the $, the distal margin 
of the narrowly black, in the $ merged together with the discal spots into a broad band, which bears a 
row of strongly curved yellow crescents. The vein-stripes of the forewing in the $ are rather variable in 
width and sometimes the cell of the forewing inside is margined with white-grey. According to Semper the 
when flying is one of the most gorgeous sights among the fauna of the Philippines, on account of the opa¬ 
lescent gloss. The butterfly apparently occurs all the year round and on the eastern islands of the group 
is no great rarity (but still always very rare in collections). 
In the 3 following species the subcostal of the hindwing is more distally placed than in the preceding 
yellow species; the breast has very rarely a trace of red hairs on the underside and the genitalia are of an¬ 
other type than in all the other species. 
P. miranda. Collar yellow or entirely black. $: abdomen yellow, above browned along the middle 
and the 1. segment black; forewing with blue shimmer and white or yellowish vein-stripes; hindwing golden, 
the black distal margin broad, measuring at the 2. median at least 5 mm and before this vein at least 10 mm. 
$; abdomen above black-brown like the forewing, beneath and laterally greenish yellow; forewing with some¬ 
times weak vein-stripes, as in the $ only the posterior ones prolonged basad; the black discal spots of the 
hindwing very large and more or less strongly joined to the broad marginal band, the gold spots variable, 
miranda. often very much reduced. Borneo and Sumatra. — miranda Btlr. (14 b, c) is no rarity in the hilly country 
of North Borneo. Collar yellow, more rarely quite black; the vein-stripes of the forewing are submarginal, 
with the exception of the subcostal stripes, which often extend nearly or quite to the cell, no grey scaling 
neomiranda. inside the cell. Forewing of the above and beneath with rather strong blue sheen.*) — neomiranda Fruhst. 
(= zacheri Suff.). forewing less blue than in the Borneo form, the vein-stripes longer and yellower, the 
anterior ones extending to or into the cell. darker brown, the anterior vein-stripes of the forewing reaching 
to the cell, the hindwing more extended golden. In the mountains of Sumatra; 2 in the Tring Museum, 
2 in coll. H. J. Adams (Enfield). 
P. andromache. A small species with red collar. : forewing obtuse, on the underside with a band 
of large yellowish grey discal wedge-shaped patches; hindwing longest in the middle, the 2. and 3. projec¬ 
tions of the marginal band produced at least as far as the 5.; abdomen above black-brown. abdomen black- 
brown, the margins of some at least of the segments beneath greenish yellow. Forewing with the exception 
of the broad marginal band and the costal margin grey or brownish grey; cell of the hindwing entirely golden, 
on the other hand the gold discal spots placed at the apex of the cell small, beneath the yellow spot behind 
the cell, and usually also the one before the cell, reaching to the base of the wing. Only known from the 
marapoken- mountains of North Borneo; 2 subspecies. — marapokensis Fruhst. was taken by J. Waterstradt in considerable 
numbers on Mt. Marapok in the province of Dent in British North Borneo. The $ cannot be distinguished 
from that of the following form; however, the forewing of the $ is much more brown-grey than white-grey. 
andromache. — andromache Stgr. (13 c) comes from Kina Balu in British North Borneo. The forewing of the above 
*) This sheen, which only shows in certain lights, is unfortunately not perceptible in the figure. 
