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  • Thus in the "Aeneas" group of Papilios we have the patch on the upper wings yellowish in P. triopas, olivaceous in P. bolivar, bronzy-gray with a white spot in P. erlaces, more greenish and buff in P. iphidamas, gradually changing to the fine blue of P. brissonius, and the magnificent green of P. sesostris.

    Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

  • In the Eastern groups -- of which P. hector and P. coon may be taken as types -- the two sexes are nearly alike, the male being sometimes more intensely coloured and with fewer pale markings; but in the American groups -- represented by P. aeneas, P. sesostris, and allies -- there is a wonderful diversity, the males having

    Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

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