Section C.
m. Paradoxa group.
82. Papilio Paradoxa, Zinken.
Zelima Paradoxa, Zink. Beitr. Ins. Java, t. 15. f. 9, 10.
P. Paradoxa, Westw. Cab. Or. Ent. pl. 9. f. 1, 1*.
Hab. Java (Wall.).
Local form a.—P. Paradoxa, var., Hew. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 422, pl. 67. f. 1 (♂), 2 (♀).
Hab. Borneo (Wall.).
Local form b.—Smaller; intermediate in the markings between the Java and Borneo forms; interior row of elongate marks on upper wings light blue, not descending to the outer angle.
Hab. Sumatra (Wall.).
Both sexes of this species closely resemble the corresponding sexes of Euplœa Midamus, Cr., which is very common in all the above-mentioned localities.
83. Papilio Ænigma, n. s. Tab. VII. fig. 3 (♂).
Size, form, and markings nearly the same as in P. Paradoxa.
Above:—purplish black, without any gloss or silky reflexions; a submarginal row of white spots on all the wings, more or less blue-edged on the upper wings, sometimes partially obsolete on the lower ones; one or two spots at the end of the cell, and a row of six or seven elongate marks beyond it, bright blue.
Beneath, the submarginal row of white spots only.
Female.—P. Paradoxa, var. A, Hewitson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 423, pl. 67. f. 3.
I put this as the female of the above with some hesitation, as it was not captured in the same island. It agrees, however, in the entire absence of gloss, and in the peculiar elongation of the outer angle of the lower wings.
Hab. Malacca, Sumatra (♂); Borneo (♀) (Wall.).
Female variety?—P. Paradoxa, var. B, Hewitson (Proc. Zool. Soc. pl. 66. f. 4), may be an extreme variation of this, but will more probably, when the male is discovered, prove to be a distinct species.
84. Papilio Caunus, Westwood.
P. Caunus, Westw. Cab. Or. Ent. pl. 9. f. 2, 2*.
Hab. Sumatra, Borneo (♂, ♀) (Wall.), Java (Leyden Mus.).
Remarks.—My specimens have less white on the lower wings than is represented in Mr. Westwood’s figure. The female is of a brownish colour, with the same white markings as the male, but without any blue tinge. This species is very like Euplœa Rhadamanthus, one of the most common butterflies in all the above-mentioned localities. It is undistinguishable from that insect on the wing, though it flies very slowly, like the species it mimics.
85. Papilio Astina, Westwood.
P. Astina, Westw. Cab. Or. Ent. pl. 9. f. 3.
Hab. Java (Brit. Mus. ex Coll. Horsf.).
86. Papilio Hewitsonii, Westwood.
P. Hewitsonii, Westw. Proc. Ent. Soc. 1864, p. 10.
P. Slateri ♀, Hew. Ex. Butt. Pap. pl. 4. f. 9; P. Cammu, B. M. List of Papilionidæ (no description).
Hab. Borneo (♂) (Wall.).
Remarks.—The last two species should probably form a distinct group, on account of the peculiar elongation of the cell of the lower wings. They both resemble dark species of Euplœa. P. Slateri is a quite distinct species from North India, to which Mr. Hewitson referred the present species as the female. All the specimens known of both species are, however, males.
n. Dissimilis group.
87. Papilio Echidna, De Haan.
P. Echidna, De Haan, Verh. Nat. Gesch. p. 42, t. 8. f. 6; Clytia dissimilis, Sw. Zool. Ill. 2nd ser. pl. 120; P. dissimilis, var., Brit. Mus. List of Papilionidæ.
Hab. Timor (♂, ♀) (Wall.).
Remarks.—This species has been confounded with P. dissimilis, from which it is very distinct, by the absence of the yellow marginal band beneath. It is also widely separated geographically from that species, which inhabits the continent of India only. The sexes are alike, as they are in P. dissimilis. P. Panope, L., which has been supposed to be its female, is a very distinct species, of which also both sexes exist in most collections.
88. Papilio Palephates, Westwood.
P. Palephates, Westw. Arc. Ent. pl. 79. f. 1; P. dissimilis, var. b, Brit. Mus. List of Papilionidæ.
Hab. Philippine Islands.