Syn. Papilio (Pleb. Rur.) Orcas, Drury, App. vol. 3. Enc. Méth. ix. 645. 102. (Polyomm. O.)
Habitat: Sierra Leone.
Upper Side. Antennæ brown and thickest at their extremities, where they are white. Head black, but between the eyes white. Thorax and abdomen dark blue, almost black. Wings golden blue, bordered and fringed with black; the anterior having along the anterior edges three small black marks, besides the border. Posterior wings furnished with four tails, and having two singular red spots placed at the abdominal corners.
Under Side. Palpi and legs white. Sides, breast, and abdomen red and white. Wings fine red-brown, almost as deep as chocolate, adorned with a variety of different shaped silver spots; the anterior having eight, placed all over the wings, and the posterior eleven; the latter having an orange mark at the abdominal corners. Margins of the anterior wings entire, but of the posterior slightly dentated.
PLATE XXXV.
PAPILIO THYASTES.
Plate [XXXV]. fig. 1.
Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: Papilionidæ, Leach.
Genus. Papilio, Auct. Papilio (Eq. Ach.), Drury, Fabr.