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the submarginal line of the forewing above and beneath broader. The under surface paler brown than in 
the two preceding forms. Djampea, also on Tomia (Toekan-Bessi Islands), 12 UB and 1 $ in the Tring Museum. 
P. dorcus Dehaan (41 c). In the markings of the hindwing beneath and also in structure nearly allied 
to P. rhesus and P. aristeus, on the other hand in size and shape and in the markings of the upper surface 
similar to P. androcles. Body above black with light lateral stripe, beneath white. Forewing black with 
8 white bands, in the broad median band sometimes a thin black costal stripe; hindwing for the most part 
white, with black band near the base and in the middle and black markings in the marginal area, tail very 
long. Under surface of the hindwing with red spots in the black median band, which are very similar to 
those of rhesus. The $ similar to the The earlier stages unknown. — North Celebes, rare. 
P. androcles Bdv. (41 b). An enlarged edition of P. euphrates. Considerably larger than all the forms 
of P. euphrates and P. antiphates. Wings white, greenish towards the base; on the forewing the apical half 
and 3 bands, on the hindwing a subbasal and a median band as well as patches in the marginal area black, 
the tail very long; in the black apical area of the forewing a submarginal and a short discal line, both 
greenish. Beneath much as above, the hindwing with more numerous black patches, more sharply developed 
bands and with diffuse yellow patch behind the 3 ,d radial. The $ similar to the <$. The earlier stages un¬ 
known. — North, East and South Celebes, not rare in wooded districts near water-courses. Unquestionably 
one of the most elegant butterflies of the Indo-Australian region. 
P. antiphates. Body above black with light lateral stripe, or the abdomen entirely white, under sur¬ 
face white with black lateral stripe. Wings white, the forewing above and beneath greenish towards the 
costa, as also the basal half of the hindwing beneath; forewing with seven black bands. Hindwing above 
with black marginal spots and a complete or incomplete row of black submarginal spots, either only the 
posterior part of the marginal area dusted with grey-black, or the whole margin broadly grey-black. On the 
under surface of the forewing the following black markings are present: before the abdominal margin a stripe 
which is anally united with a subbasal stripe, in the middle of the wing a double band, longitudinally divided 
by the ground-colour, the distal half of which is broken up into spots, a row of submarginal and a row of 
marginal spots, the submarginal spots shaped like the figure 3, at their proximal side yellow patches, which are for 
the most part indistinctly defined. The $ similar to the $. The larva at first yellowish or white with forked 
hairs and usually dark transverse lines; when full-grown green with two yellow transverse bands on the thorax, 
a yellow lateral line running from the head to the tail and dark green dorsal lines; or the ground-colour 
more bluish green and the markings white. On Anonaceae, e. g. Unona lawii. Pupa pale green, with yellow 
lateral line, thoracic horn short. The butterfly is mostly very common in the wooded districts of its area 
of distribution at lower elevations; the congregate in crowds at puddles and the edges of brooks, where 
they drink in company with Pierids. The are taken singly in the woods. On the wing antiphates gives 
the impression of a Pierid, as the long tails are scarcely noticeable during its swift flight. Distributed from 
China to Ceylon, North Borneo and the Lesser Sunda Islands. — antiphates Cr. (= antipates Jabl. & Hbst.) 
(40 b, c). A large form; the 1 st band of the forewing reaches to the hindmargin and the 2 nd nearly to the sub¬ 
median vein or beyond it, the black submarginal spot placed behind the 3 rd radial of the hindwing large. 
South-East China, Tonkin. — pompilius F. (= continentalis Eimer, linga Fruhst.). The black markings on 
the whole less extended than in the preceding form; very variable. Hainan, Annam, Siam, Tenasserim, 
Burma, Assam, Sikkim. In North India occur single melanistic specimens (the Tring Museum possesses 4 such 
examples), in which the - forewing above and beneath and the under surface of the hindwing as well as the 
distal margin of the upper surface are more or less completely dusted with black, with the exception of the 
greenish white bands in the anterior part of the forewing: ab. nebulosus Btlr. (40 d). -— naira Moore. Large, 
the two distal bands of the forewing are confluent posteriorly and reach the hindmargin as in P. epaminondas; 
the marginal spots of the hindwing are larger and the grey-black dusting is more extended than in the 
preceding forms. South India; not common. — ceylonicus Eimer (= antiphanes Fruhst.). Very similar to 
pompilius F., on the forewing the marginal band reaches to the hinder angle, the submarginal band above 
and beneath to the lower median vein, the subbasal band is of uniform width and reaches the hindmargin, 
whilst the second band extends to the submedian; the anal area of the hindwing above and the anterior part 
of the hindwing beneath are paler than in pompilius. Ceylon; rare. — itamputi Btlr. (= poetus Fruhst.) 
(40 b) is distinguished from pompilius chiefly by the deeper and more extended yellow distal area of the under¬ 
side of the hindwing. Malay Peninsula, Langkavi, Straits Settlements, Sumatra, Natuna Islands, Borneo, Banguey. 
In a B from North-East Sumatra in the Tring Museum the 2 nd and 4 th black bands on the forewing are absent, 
moreover the greenish submarginal band is partly united with the discal band and the forewing has a conti¬ 
nuous black marginal line: ab. Ieucania ab. nov. (32 c). — antiphonus Fruhst. has somewhat larger black sub¬ 
marginal spots on both sides of the hindwing than itamputi. Nias. — alcibiades F. (= javanicus Eimer) 
(40 b). The distal black bands of the forewing narrower than in itamputi; the anal part of the hindwing 
above much deeper black, the tail distinctly white at the tip only, the distal part of the hindwing beneath 
less yellow. Java. — balius subsp. 7iov. The black submarginal band of the forewing is posteriorly broadly 
united with the marginal band, extends above beyond the lower median and beneath almost reaches this 
vein; the hindwing as in alcibiades, but the black marginal area much broader and extended costad to the 
dorcus. 
androcles. 
antiphates. 
pompilius. 
nebulosus. 
naira. 
ceylonicus. 
itamputi. 
Ieucania. 
antiphonus. 
alcibiades. 
balius. 
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