Family Papilionidæ. Sub-fam. Papilionæ. Genus Clytia.
Generic Character.
Wings rounded, spotted. Anterior broad, ample, the posterior and the external margins of equal length: posterior slightly undulated at the margin, but destitute of tails. Pupa braced, with the head upwards.
Types. Pap. Clytia, dissimilis. L. Pap. Macarius. Godart. P. Panope Cr.
Specific Character.
Wings black, the interstices of the nerves pale fulvous white, broken into numerous stripes and spots, inferior wings with a marginal row of orange spots, surmounted by pale lunules, on a black border.
Papilio dissimilis Linn. Fab. Ent. Syst. 3. 1. p. 38. Ency. Meth. 1. p. 76. Cramer. Pl. 82. C. D. Rœmer. Gen. Ins. pl. 18. f. 6.