HELENA. 
OR, THE 
BLACK-AND-GOLD BUTTERFLY. 
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Generic Character. 
The Antenna, or Horns , thickening towards the 
upper part, and generally terminating in a 
knob, or club-fhaped tip. 
The Wings (when fitting) erect, and meeting up¬ 
wards. (Flight diurnal.) 
Specific Character. 
BLACK BUTTERFLY with both furfaces alike; 
the dilk of the lower wings of a brilliant 
gold colour. 
The Papilio Helena, one of the molt beautiful of the 
exotic butterflies, is diftinguilhed by the deep velvet 
black of its wings, which are marked by a few lighter 
or greyilh flripes accompanying the fibres ; while the 
lower wings are each ornamented by a very large fpot 
or patch of the richefi: golden-yellow, traverfed by fe- 
veral veins of black. It is a South-American infeft, 
and is principally found at Surinam. 
