ORONTES. 
Generic Character. 
Antennae terminating generally in a clavated tip. 
Wings (when sitting) meeting upwai’ds. Flight 
diurnal. 
Specific Character. 
Black Butterfly, with two greenish bands, and 
two distant white tails or processes. 
The Green-Banded tailed Butterfly. 
The Papilio Orontes is one of the rarer species of 
Butterflies, and is represented on the plate in its na¬ 
tural size. It is a native of India, and sometimes 
varies a little in point of color. 
