LEPIDOPTERA. 
a 
PAPILIO TELAMON. 
TELAMON BUTTERFLY. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Antenne increafe in bulk towards the extremity, and ufually terminate in a kind of clab. 
Wings, when at reft, erect. Fly in day time. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Wings and tail yellowith, with {pots and bands of black. A red ftreak on the under wings. 
Paprtrio TeLAMmon: alis caudatis concoloribus flavefcentibus: maculis fafciis nigris; pofticis utrinque 
ftriga fanguinea. 
The fingular delicacy and beauty of this Papilio is not the only claim it has to the particular attention 
of Entomologifts: it is clearly an undefcribed fpecies; and perhaps the only fpecimen of it yet brought to 
Europe, is that from which our figure is copied. It was taken near Pekin, by a gentleman in the fuite of 
Earl Macartney, in the late embaffy to China; and is at this time in the poffeffion of Mr. Francillon of 
London, who has kindly permitted us to make drawings and defcriptions of this, and every other infect in 
his magnificent collection that could enhance the value of this publication. 
Papilio Telamon bears a diftant refemblance to P. Protefilaus, but a much ftronger to P, Ajax: pur- 
fuing then the metaphorical method of arranging the butterflies in the Linnzan manner, we have given it 
the name of the father of Ajax, who was one of the diftinguifhed Grecian Princes at the fiege of Troy. 

























