This insect is a native of Brazil.
FIGURE II.
PAPILIO PYRAMUS.
PYRAMUS BUTTERFLY.
Order
LEPIDOPTERA.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Antennæ thicker towards the tip, and generally terminating in a knob; wings erect when at rest. Fly by day.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER
AND
SYNONYMS.
Wings entire, fuscous glossed with blue, and marked with a fulvous spot; lower wings beneath grey.
Plebeji Rurales, Fabr. Sp. Ins.
Hesperia Rurales, Fabr. Ent. Syst.
Papilio Pyramus: alis integerrimis fuscis cœruleo micantibus, macula fulva, posticis subtus griseis. Fabr. Spec. Ins. 2 p. 130. n. 590.—Mant. Ins. 2 p. 83. n. 755.
Hesperia Pyramus: Fabr. Ent. Syst. t. 3. p. 1. 323. n. 223. Alæ omnes fuscæ, cœruleo micantibus: macula magna, in medio fulva. Anticæ, subtus concolores, posticæ griseæ sive cinereo fuscoque variæ. Fabr.