banded swallowtail (Papilio demolion), common nawab (Polyura athamas), western glider (Cymothoe althea) Plate LXXXIX
A, B: "Papilio Demolion" ( = Papilio demolion, iconotype?)
C, D: "Papilio Athamas" ( = Polyura athamas)
E, F: "Papilio Althea" ( = Cymothoe althea)
Date 1779
Source "De uitlandsche kapellen: voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America = Papillons exotiques des trois parties du monde, l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amérique"
Author Pieter Cramer (1721 - 1776) and Caspar Stoll (between 1725 and 1730 - 1791)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cramer%26Stoll-uitlandsche_kapellen_vol._1-_plate_089.jpg
The banded swallowtail (Papilio demolion) is a species of swallowtail butterfly found in Asia.
The common nawab (Polyura athamas) is a species of fast-flying canopy butterfly found in tropical Asia. It belongs to the Charaxinae (rajahs and nawabs) in the brush-footed butterfly family (Nymphalidae).
The western glider (Cymothoe althea) is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana and Nigeria. The habitat consists of wetter forests.
