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PAPILIO. By Dr. K. Jordan. 
rosea. 
polyphonies. 
aipytos. 
sejanus. 
septen- 
trionalis. 
kajelanus. 
polydorus. 
thessalia. 
varus. 
tenim- 
berensis. 
queens- 
landicus. 
aignanus. 
orinomus. 
has the hincltibia thickened, and bears on the hindwing a distinct abdominal fold with a scent-organ; in - the 
of the preceding species of this group the scent-organ is wanting and the liindtibia is not swollen. P. polyphontes 
is the representative of the Indo-Malayan P. aristoloclviae and the Papuan P. polydorus; and has evidently 
spread again from Celebes to the Sulla Islands and North Moluccas. The butterfly is rather common in flat and 
in hilly country.— -rosea Oberth. (= extensus Fruhst.) is the most southern form known: it inhabits Saleyer 
Island. The central area of the hindwing has always a distinctly reddish tone above and is somewhat larger than 
in specimens from Celebes; on the under surface there is always a white spot behind the subcostal of the hind¬ 
wing, commonly also one before this vein.— polyphontes Bdv. (= lingonus Fruhst., phanocles Fruhst .) (15 a). 
The on the upperside mostly more dingy than the $; the veins in the light area on both wings broadly black; 
the black distal margin of the forewing always narrower than the light discal area. Snellen mentions an -aber¬ 
ration which has yellow instead of red submarginal spots on the hindwing. P. polyphontes polyphontes occurs 
throughout Celebes and on the Talaut Islands. —In aipytos Fruhst. (= pedias Pothsch.) the light area of the 
forewing is narrower than in the two preceding subspecies, being in the $ pure white, in the cell usually only 
'2 light stripes, the discal spot placed before the lower angle of the cell much darkened also in the $, the black 
stripes between the veins shorter than in polyphontes ; on the hindwing the posterior submarginal spots on the 
upper surface are very little if at all shaded with black. Sulla Islands: Mongola and Besi, a number taken by 
Doherty in October. — sejfnus Fruhst. (= ithacus Pothsch.). The light spots of the forewing smaller than in 
polyphontes, also in the $ shaded with blackish, the spot placed before the lower angle of the cell at least partly 
effaced as in the preceding form; the veins of the hindwing in the white area broadly black. North Moluccas: 
Halmahera, Morty, Ternate and Batjan. 
P. polydorus. A common Papuan butterfly, which is distributed, in many subspecies, from the Moluccas 
to the Bismarck and Solomon Islands and North Australia. Similar to polyphontes, but the hindwing shorter, 
broader and not tailed, the forewing without white area or this only reaching to the base of the 2. median, the 
spot placed below this vein longer anteriorly than posteriorly, being obliquely cut off basally. The scent-fold 
of the $ larger than in jrolyphontes and the scales placed in it differently shaped. The larva brownish black, 
the tubercles red, with the exception of the dorsal tubercles of the 4., 5., 8. and 9. segments, which are brown, 
on the 6., 7. and 10. segments the dorsal tubercles stand in a pale red spot. Lives on a low Aristolochia and is 
full-fed in about 14 days. Pupa pale brown, with 4 pairs of dorsal lobes on the abdomen; pupal stage lasts 
3 weeks. The butterfly flies in the open shrubby woods low and slowly from flower to flower. The forms from 
the North Moluccas, New Guinea except the mountains of British New Guinea, and the Bismarck and Solomon 
Islands have black heads, whilst the South Moluccas, Tenimber, Key, Aru, North Queensland, the Louisiades 
and the mountains of British New Guinea produce red-headed forms. — septentrionalis Pothsch. Head and 
collar entirely black; the light stripes on the upperside of the forewing always shaded with black; the white spots 
of the hindwing distally rounded off. Northern Moluccas: Halmahera, Batjan. — kajelanus Fruhst. Head 
and sides of the collar and breast red. Forewing with large white spot behind the 2. median, which as well as 
the light fork placed before this vein is dusted with black; the anterior white discal spots on the upper surface 
of the hindwing small, sometimes wanting, the cell-spot in the $ mostly dusted with black. Buru, common. 
Not constantly different from the following form. — polydorus L. (— polydotus Mull., leobotes Deli.) (15 b). 
From the South Moluccas (Amboina, Saparoea, Ceram) and Obi, as well as the small islands Goram Laut and 
Kissoei. The light parts of the upper surface of the forewing on the whole somewhat purer white and more extended 
than in kajelanus and the white spots of the hindwing larger, the 1. discal spot transverse and rhomboidal as in 
kajelanus. — thessalia Swinh. Body as in the preceding; forewing purer white; the cell-spot of the hindwing 
small, in the $ often absent; the discal spots on the other hand longer than in polydorus, the one placed before 
the 1. median especially long, the red submarginal spots large, the posterior ones above mostly only slightH 
blackened. On Little and Great Key, very common. — varus Fruhst. Not distinguishable with certainty from 
the Key form. The posterior white spot of the forewing mostly somewhat smaller than in thessalia, the part of 
this patch placed behind the submedian fold sometimes wanting, the light stripes on the whole less sharp, the 
central ones more strongly darkened. Aru Islands. — tenimberensis Pothsch. Head black, mixed with red; 
the stripes of the forewing and the large patches placed between the 1. median and the 2. submedian pure white; 
the white area of the hindwing large, the veins intersecting it very narrowly black at least on the cell; the poster¬ 
ior ones mostly distally reddish, the 1. white spot smaller than the 2., the 4. the largest. Tenimber Islands. — 
queenslatidicus Pothsch. Similar to small specimens of polydorus, the white markings of the forewing shorter, 
the spot placed behind the 2. median beneath very strongly pointed posteriorly; the hindwing almost always 
with 6 white spots outside the cell, most specimens in addition with a linear spot on the proximal side of the 1. 
submarginal spot. North Queensland and the islands in the Torres Straits. — aignanus Pothsch. Likewise a 
small form. The white spots of the forewing larger than in queenslandicus; the cell-spot of the hindwing small; 
5 spots at the cell, the 1. small, sometimes wanting, the 2. about twice as long as broad, the 4. the largest, but 
not reaching the base of the 2. median and only a little larger than the 3. spot. Louisiade Islands: St. Aignan 
and Sudest. — orinomus Pothsch. In the hilly country of British New Guinea occurs a form very similar to the 
preceding. The cell-spot of the hindwing much larger than the 2. white discal spot, and the 4. discal spot larger 
