ENTOMOLOGY.
PLATE XII.
PAPILIO EGÆA
EGÆA’S BUTTERFLY.
Order
Lepidoptera.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Antennæ thicker towards the tip, and generally terminating in a knob: wings erect when at rest. Fly by day.
* Nymph. Gemm.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER
AND
SYNONYMS.
Wings indented: above black, with a common white band: posterior pair with two ocellar spots beneath.
Papilio Egæa: alis dentatis supra nigris: fascia communi alba, posticis subtus ocellis duobus. Fabr. Syst. Ent. 496. 231.—Spec. Ins. T. 2. 79. 351.—Ent. Syst. T. 3. p. 1. 100. 309.
Parvus. Alæ omnes supra nigræ, basi cyaneo nitentes, in medio fascia communi anteriorum interrupta, alba. Maculæ duæ parvæ, albæ versus apicem alæ anterioris; subtus anticæ fuscæ maculis albis lunulaque media, ferruginea. Posticæ basi fasciis albis fuscisque alternis disco niveo, macula biloba, fusca, et in hac ocelli duo atri, iride ferruginea pupillaque magna, cyanea. Margo posticus flavescens. Fabr. Ent. Syst. T. 3. p. 1. 309.