Under Side. Anterior wings silvery white, with a faint indistinct dark brown border running along the external margin, and two dark marks opposite the German text character. Posterior wings silvery white; the oblong brown spots are here plainly seen as on the upper side.
PLATE XIX.
PAPILIO PALAMEDES.
Plate [XIX]. fig. 1. 2.
Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: Papilionidæ, Leach.
Genus. Papilio, Auct.
Papilio Palamedes. Alis dentatis nigris, fasciâ maculari maculisque marginalibus flavis; posticis caudatis, his subtùs ad basin vittâ albâ transversâ rectâ lunulisque rufis. (Expans. Alar. 5 unc.)
Syn. Papilio (Eq. Achiv.) Palamedes, Drury, App. v. 2. (1773). Cramer, pl. 93. fig. A. B.
Pap. (Eq. Ach.) Calchas, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 453. No. 44. (1775). Ent. Syst. 3. 1. p. 30. No. 90. Herbst. Pap. tab. 42. Boisduval, Hist. Nat. Lep. 1. 337. No. 178. Bdv. et Leconte, Icon. Lep. Amer. Sept. pl. 5.