PAPILIO. By Dr. G. Aurivillius. 
zenobia. 
nobicea. 
odenatus. 
andronicus. 
mechowianus. 
cypraeofila. 
filaprae. 
praecyo/a. 
gal lie nus. 
whitnalli. 
nobilis. 
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consists of a large spot in the apex of the cell, three large spots in cellules 2—4 and 2 — 3 small spots 
in cellules 5 and 6; nearer to the margin are sometimes 4 — 5 small white submarginal dots. The hindwing 
has a large white central area, which is cut off straight basally, but is rounded distally. In the Gameroons 
and the northern districts of the Congo State. 
P. zenobia F. (3b). Both sexes similarly coloured and marked. The white or whitish median 
band is continuous as far as vein 6 of the forewing, its proximal edge being almost straight; spots 2 — 4 
of the forewing sharply pointed distallv*; cellule 6 of the forewing usually unicolorous with no spot, 
sometimes — ab. nobicea Suff. — with a spot which unites the small spot always present in cellule 7 
with the median band. In the ? there is also a small spot in the apex of the cell of the forewing; in ab. 
nobicea this spot also occure in the oh The median band of the hindwing is usually 12 —15 mm. broad, 
but may also be only 8- 10 mm,; this form has been named odenatus Westv. 
2. Subgroup. 
The black longitudinal stripe between the veins in the brown basal part of cellule 7 of the hindwing is, 
as is shown in fig. lc, linear and continuous. The sexes are similarly coloured and marked. Hindwing without 
submarginal spots, but with a white or light yellow median band, which usually extends to vein 9 or 10 of the 
forewing, but in andronicus only to vein 6. 
P. andronicus Ward. The snow-white median band only reaches vein 6 of the forewing; in the 
middle of cellule 7 of the forewing a square white spot, the ? bearing moreover another spot in the lower 
angle of the cell. Both wings with small white marginal lunules between the ends of the veins. 
Gameroons. 
P. mechowianus Detv. (= andoclides Gr.-Sm.) (3 a). Marginal lunules of both wings small. Median 
band broad, in the middle of the hindwing 13 — 16 mm., at the costal margin of the forewing distinctly 
curved basad, enclosing the end of the cell; the spot in cellule 7 is placed at the base of the cellule, 
is very small and does not extend nearer to the margin than the spot in cellule 6. In the cf the spots of 
cellules la, 2, 3 and 4 are broadly divided into triangles on the inner side by the pilose haws. — Congo 
region and Angola. 
P. cypraeofila Butt. (lc). The marginal spots of the hindwing very large, much longer than broad 
at the margin, elliptical or circular; markings of the upper surface yellowish white; hindwing with rounded 
margin and a median band 8 —10 mm. broad. In the form first, described the median band consists of 
9 spots in 2 a — 8. Sierra Leone to the Gameroons. In ab. filaprae Suff., from the Cameroons, the spot in 
cellule 8 of the forewing is wanting, and in ab. praecyola Suff., from the Cameroons, there is a white spot 
in cellule 5 of the hindwing beneath, distally to the median band. 
P. gallienus Dist. (lc). Marginal spots of the hindwing as large as in the preceding species 
or even larger; all the markings of the upper surface light sulphur-yellow; hindwing with the margin 
distinctly angled at vein 4; median band of the forewing composed of 9 spots in la — 8, on the hindwing 
only 3 — 6 mm. broad. Gameroons and Congo region. — whitnalli Neave, from Uganda, has a somewhat 
broader median band, but is otherwise scarcely different from the nymotypical form. 
Nobilis Group. 
Abdomen not reaching the anal angle of the hindwing. Hindwing tailed at vein 4. Body without light 
dots or spots. Wings above light ochre-yellow with rust-brown markings at the margin. The only species which 
belongs here shows affinities both with the dardanus-growp and the first species of the following group. Sexes similar. 
P. nobilis Bog. (4c). The rust-brown marginal band of the forewing is continuous from the costal 
margin at least to vein 3 and encloses two spots of the ground-colour in cellules 7 and 8; then follows a 
marginal spot at the end of vein 2; the base is likewise more or less broadened. The hindwing has usually 
rust-brown marginal spots at the extremities of the veins and the tail is entirely rust-brown; sometimes 
rust-brown submarginal spots also occur in cellules 2 and 3. — In the northern districts of German East 
Africa and in British East Africa; a decided form of the steppes. 
Hesperus Group. 
Abdomen not reaching the anal angle of the hindwing. Wings above black with whitish or yellow markings. 
Hindwing above black at the base, with a long tail at the end of vein 4. Sexes very little if at all different. 
Early stages unknown. 
P. hesperus. Tail of the hindwing unicolorous black. Wings with a common whitish median band, 
extending from the middle of the abdominal margin of the hindwing to vein 4 of the forewing, the spot 
of the same in cellule 2 of the forewing is at least double as long as the spot in cellule lb. The median 
band of the hindwing covers neither the apex of the cell nor the bases of cellules 4 and 5: its spots distally 
