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IV.-TheMalayan Papilionidæ, Or Swallow-Tailed Butterflies, as Illustrative of the Theory of Natural Selection.
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Making, in all, twenty distinct groups of Malayan Papilionidæ.
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Of thirteen species of Papilionidæ obtained in the Aru Islands, six were also found in New Guinea, and seven not.
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He found that the butterflies of the family Papilionidae, and some others, became similarly modified in different islands and groups of islands.
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As an example, four species of the Papilionidae are peculiar to Timor, three others are also found in Java, and one in Australia.
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The following list exhibits the most important and best marked cases of mimicry which occur among the Papilionidæ of the Malayan region and India:-
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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.