PAPILIONINAL 
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The larva feeds on Xanthoxylum nitidum , orange, etc. The nuchal horn is 
yellowish-red. 
Papilio demoleus, Cram. 
Also known as P. erithonius , Cram. Another very common butterfly, almost as 
abundant as P. polytcs. It seems to prefer more open country than most of its congeners, but it 
occurs practically everywhere. Freshly emerged the markings are bright but pale chrome yellow ; 
this soon darkens to ochreous yellow, and in specimens which have long been on the wing, the 
yellow apical spots in the forewing become nearly white. The sexes are very much alike, but 
instead of the ocellus in the anal angle of the hindwing of the ?, the $ has a plain red marking without 
any blue ring or black spot on the upperside of the hindwing, though on the underside there is 
scarcely any difference between £ and ?. 
Fig. 7, PI. XIII is from a ? taken in May. 
Egg, globular, smooth, yellowish, laid on leaves and shoots of the foodplants of the larva, 
usually Atalantia buxifolia , but it also feeds on orange. 
Larva, figured on PI. 4a, Fig. 9, the young stage shown just beneath. The pupa is 
much the same shape as that of P polytcs , some pupae being of a dirty white variegated with 
brown, some green, and others of a pale ochreous pink, inclining to orange on the abdomen. 
The nuchal horn of the larva is orange-yellow. 
Papilio clytia, Linn . 
Also known as P. dissimilis , Linn. A very common and interesting butterfly, both sexes 
having two quite distinct forms. The brown form was named P. panopc by Linnaeus. Two 
individuals of the widely differing forms may fairly often be seen in cop., as well as two of like 
form, and eggs laid by one ? produce the two forms indifferently, both being common, though the 
brown variety is not quite so numerous as the other. The ordinary form bears some resemblance 
at a distance to Hestina assimilis and the blue Danaids, whilst the brown form may easily be 
mistaken for a Euplosa when flying slowly or feeding at flowers. Both forms fly very much like 
the Danaince when searching for a plant on which to lay their eggs, though usually their flight is 
rapid, much like that of other Papilionince . P. clytia is another of those butterflies which may 
often be seen with hindwings and body covered with the bright red or yellow pollen of some tree. 
Fig. 1, PL XI is from a $ taken in October, and the commoner form of $ is exactly the 
same in colour and marking ; Fig. 2 is an unusually dark $ taken in October ; Fig. 3 is also from 
a ?, taken in June, but the <£ of this brown form is similar in colour and marking. In this brown 
variety, however, there is much variation in the distinctness of the white markings, many specimens 
being intermediate between Figs. 2 and 3. I have once seen this large butterfly seized by the head 
and killed by the small white ambush-spider, which was concealed in a flower and held on 
determinedly to its prey in spite of the struggles of the latter. P. clytia is also frequently captured 
and devoured by the large spider, Epeira maculata . 
