PAPILIONIDAE 
170 
EURYCUS 
Genus EUKYCUS Boisduval. 
Species General cles Lepidopteres, p. 391, 1836. 
Antennae onethird the length of costa, Forewing uarroAV'Avith apex rounded: vein 12 reachiji» costa 
Avell beyond end of cell: vein 11 free: vein 11 and vein 10 from outer third of subcostal; vein 9 from 
upper ai^ex of cell: vein 8 stalked Avith vein 7: A’ein la and median joined by a erossveiii near base* 
A'ein lb present. HindAAung rounded: precostal vein present: precostal cell broad: A’ein 4 and vein 5 
Fig, AI. WingA'enationof Burycus 
cressida. 
arising very close together: vein lb absent. (Pig. AI,). Males witlioul secomlary sexual diaracler^ 
PuDr\vit]r ''“‘'’es m Uie male, but wibli a spliragis (seal) in the female after fertilization. 
Type. Eiir^cus cressida Fabrieius. 
Foodplant. Aristolochia. 
r „ pTJy® co'ilined to Auslralia and Papua, and its only known ally i.s Eimjades from the eastern 
them bnto & Koher suggest that these two genera are aneestral, and that from 
Ivh n- i t erivod Pap?lw and Paniassius. Tliese authors figure Eimjciis with vein .9 of the fore- 
o fiom the suheoslal before end of cell: tins is an error: the iioint of emission is slightly variable 
spednmnTS’w fi 1 ^ 
specimens can i\e find it rising from subcostal, and then it is emitted close to end of cell. 
240. Eurycus cressida Fabrieius. 
240a. E. cressida cressida Fabriciu-s. Fig. 558, 561. 
Systoma Entomologiae, p. 448, 1776. 
d' AiiOVE. Forewing transparent: base black: costa, ape.v and termeii narrowlv dusted lilaek- a lap'e 
oS S of^il iS, 
cell bHck- a series of vnvAn^ i ^ tloi'suin, Avliite willi dividing veins and a spot at end of 
BFNEA^r ^anable subtenmnal spots, dusted red. Apox of abdonion red. 
ot ™.li »a ■ »i« 
<lns?«rnSi,l,?^rS.'r; ■? "’'T: “‘"''"'i"® “« pnla siil.lcnninal spols l.i,?cr an.l sonulii* 
ousted pinkish. a senes of small terminal spots, Avlntisli. 
^oV^KmlnS Banks Is. 2 3. Coen 11. Cooktown 10 11. Cairns 
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cell s,,.?,: *■»' “* •' 
