Meanings of papilionidae in inglês

IV.-TheMalayan Papilionidæ, Or Swallow-Tailed Butterflies, as Illustrative of the Theory of Natural Selection.

Making, in all, twenty distinct groups of Malayan Papilionidæ.

Of thirteen species of Papilionidæ obtained in the Aru Islands, six were also found in New Guinea, and seven not.

He found that the butterflies of the family Papilionidae, and some others, became similarly modified in different islands and groups of islands.

As an example, four species of the Papilionidae are peculiar to Timor, three others are also found in Java, and one in Australia.

The following list exhibits the most important and best marked cases of mimicry which occur among the Papilionidæ of the Malayan region and India:-

Beginning with the Papilionidae or Swallow-tailed butterflies, Celebes possesses 24 species, of which the large number of 18 are not found in any other island.