PAPILIONISJE. 
variable in length, frequently short, of females slightly spatulate. Body above 
olivescent-black, the sides of abdomen brown; collar and thorax laterally margined 
with olive-green hairs and the abdomen with grey scales ; a red hairy spot behind 
the eyes ; palpi white, tipt with red hairs ; body beneath pinkish-grey; legs above 
blackish, beneath greyish ; antenna black. 
Female. Upperside similar to the male. Hmdmng with a whitish or greenish 
abdominal stripe. Underside similar to the male. 
Expanse, 8 8 to 4, ? 3^ to 4 inches. 
Larva.— (i Smooth. From the head, which is moderately large, the antenoi 
segments increase in thickness to the fourth or fifth and then gradually deciease to 
the tail; there are four pairs of spines, one pair on the second segment, another pair 
on the fourth, the latter rather long, curved, and sharp, a short pair on the third, 
and a pair on the anal segment. Colour at first smoky-black, but at the last moult 
becomes a light, clear green, faintly marked with wavy lines of a darker shade.” 
Pupa.— “ Smooth and regular, with a pointed process rising from the thorax 
above the head ; it is normally of a pale watery-green, the frontal process being 
broadly tipt with rusty-brown, which continues in an irregular line along the outside 
edge of the wing-cases ” (Davidson and Aitken, lx. 1890, 363). 
Habitat. —N.W. and E. and S. India; Ceylon; Andaman and Nicobar Isles ; 
Purina; Tenasserim; Siam; Tonkin; Malay Peninsula; Sumatra; Nias; Java; 
Borneo; Natuna; Palawan; Philippines; Hainan. 
Habits of Larva and Imago. —The larvae are extremely shy and cautious, 
resting motionless most of the day on the upperside of a leaf, along the midrib, with 
their heads towards the stalk. The leaf on which they rest is usually carpeted with 
silk; they eat little and grow slowly. They feed on the Custard-Apple (Anona 
squamosa ), the e B amp hull 5 (Anona reticulata ), and others of the genus, and also on 
the e Ashok’ (Gualteria longifolia). It is often difficult to find, and must be looked 
for on the less exposed leaves of trees in quiet, shady places. The season is from 
July till November. We do not remember having found it at any other time. The 
butterfly is pretty common everywhere in the North Kanara District of Bombay, 
frequenting gardens and forests. In the former the larvae feeds chiefly on the 
Custard-Apple, and in the latter on several trees of the same Order. The larvae 
appear in June, and again more abundantly three months later, at which time the 
butterfly is most common, but it may be met with every month of the year” (David¬ 
son and Aitken, lx. 1890, 363 ; id. 1896, 578). Mr. de Niceville records the food- 
plants of the larva, as (( JJnona discolor , Polycdthia longifolia , Anona squamosa , 
A. reticulata, and Saccmpetalum tomentosum , all of the Order Anonaceae ” (J. As. Soc. 
Beng. 1900, 257). 
Distribution, Hab t ts, etc. —In N. Western India, Mr. W. Doherty obtained it 
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