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submedian vein also being white sealed ; upper discal. white patch composed of 
three smaller portions than on the upperside; anal ocellus and a complete series of 
submarginal lunules dark red ; an inner subanal confluent lunule also present in the 
lower median interspace; the anal and snbanal lunules being speckled with violet- 
blue scales ; beyond is a marginal row of more or less defined red-and-white scaled 
lunules. 
Female. Upperside and underside similar to the male, except that the base of 
the hindwing is paler. 
Body brownish-black; collar, front of head and palpi white-spotted ; teguloa 
white fringed; legs and antennse black. 
Expanse, d 4 to 5J, ? 5 to inches. 
Habitat.— W. and E. Himalayas; Khasias; Burma; Tenasserim; Malay 
Peninsula; Siam; Hong Kong ; S. China; Hainan. 
Distribution. —In the Western Himalaya Mr. P. W. Mackinnon took “a single 
specimen of the male in the Dehra Dun, in April, this being the most westerly point 
from which it has been recorded ’* (J. Bombay N. H. S. 1898, 592). Mr. W. Doherty 
obtained it in the “ Kali Valley, Divalisera, Kumaon, at 2000 feet elevation; scarce.” 
Gfen. Gf. Bamsay obtained it in Nepal (J. As. S. Bengal, 1886, 137). Mr. H. J. Elwes 
found it “ one of the commonest species of Papilio in Sikkim at all elevations up to 
5000 or 6000 feet, but most numerous in the low valleys from April to October ” 
(Tr. Ent. Soc. 1888, 429). Mr. cle Niceville also records it as “found in Sikkim 
throughout the summer, commonly at the lower elevations and as high as 6000 feet ” 
(Sikkim Gaz. 1894, 172). Col. C. Swinhoe says it is “ apparently a rare species in 
the Khasia Hills, two examples from Shillong only, been received ” (Tr. Ent. Soc. 
1893, 312). Mr. J. Wood-Mason obtained fourteen males and three females in the 
forests around Silcuri, Cachar, from May 7tli to August 20th” (J. As. Soc. Beng. 
1886, 375). Col. C. H. E. Adamson says it is “ common in Burma wherever there 
is forest land” (List, 1897, 47). Capt. E. Y. Watson found it not u uncommon 
during the dry-season, January to June, in the Chin PIills, Burma, up to 4000 feet 
elevation ” (J. Bombay N. H. S. 1897, 651). Signor L. Fea obtained it in the Karen 
Hills, at Bhamo, in October, and at Meteleo in August and September. Dr. N. Manders 
found it “ abundant in the Shan States, but difficult to secure in good condition, as 
it has a habit of flying in and out of bushes and soon tatters ” (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1890, 
536). Mr. 0. Limborg obtained it at Hatseiga, and on the road from Moolai to 
Moolat, at 4000 feet elevation ” (P. Z. S. 1878, 840). “ Several males were taken at 
Ponsekai, Tavoy, and a few in the Hills on the Siam frontier ” (J. As. S. Beng. 1886, 
436). Dr. J. Anderson took it on “ Owen Island, Mergui Archipelago, in January ” 
(J. Linn. Soc. Zool. 1886, 51). In Hong Kong, Mr. J. J. Walker, B.N., found it “ a 
very common butterfly, of which stragglers are met with in December and January, 
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