Zoological Illustrations, Second Series, Volume 3 / or, Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals

by William Swainson

Sub-family Papilionæ. Genus Papilio. Sub-genus Podalirius. Nob.

Sub-Generic Character.

Wings trigonal, acute, yellow, with black transverse bands, the inferior with two long narrow acute tails; Antennæ short, the club thick and solid at the base, but greatly compressed at the tip, where it is concave beneath; head small, front hairy; Larva smooth; Pupa braced in an erect position.

Type Podalirius Europæus. Nobis.

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Specific Character.

Wings above pale yellow, the anterior with five short, black, stripes across the areola; and two others, much longer and broader, close to the exterior margin: posterior wings without lunulate spots.

Papilio Pompilius. Fab. Mantissa 2. p. 8. Ent. Syst. 3. 1. p. 25. Ency. Meth. 1. p. 49. Horsf. Cat. pl. 3. fig. 5. 5. a. (larva and pupa.)