Rothschild, 1895; Novit. Zool. 2 (3): 355;

(a):  P.  ambrax   Hoisd.,  forma  tyji.  [cJ,?]

M.  The  white  area  on  the  hindwings  is  inconstant  in  breadth  and  sliajie;  mostly it  extends  in  the  cell  about  2  uim.  bevond  the  origin  of  the  upi>er  discoidal  nervule, but  often  it  stops  at   the  base  of  that    vein;  the  iiiternervular  jiartsof  the  area  are rounded  exterioily,  or  straightlv  cut  off,  or  obliiiuely  sinuate.  Though  there  is  never a  coHspicuouri  anal  orange-red  mark  on  the  hindwings  abo\e,  some  specimens  from German  New  Guinea  show  distinct  traces  of  the  spot,  which  in  P.  ambraz  egipius  is so  well  and  constantly  developed.     ,
Beneath,  the  hindwings  have  mostly  only  one  orange-red  spot,  standing  near  the anal  angle  ;  many  specimens  possess,  however,  a  submarginal  spot  of  the  same  red,  or a  whitish  colour,  between  the  lower  median  neryules.  A  maie  from  Waigeu  is  highly interesting,  as  it  exhibits  beneath  four  feebly  marked,  but  large  whitish  discal markings,  shaped  as  in  the  nude  of  F.  polytes  L.,  and  standing  between  the  submedian nervure  and  lower  discoidal  nervule.  I  propose  to  call  this  interesting  (atavistic  V) aberration —

a2-ab.  conspectus  ab.  no  v.
In  many  specimens  of  urahrax,  especially  in  individuals  from  Waigeu,  these spots  are  indicated  by  a  few  white  scales.

F.  Upperside :  the  white  area  of  the  hindwings  consists  usually  of  sis  (five extra-  and  one  intracellular)  spots  in  all,  which  are  seldom  separated  from  one  another, as  the  veins  themselves  are  nearly  always  completely  covered  with  white  scales.  The intracellular  spot  is  sometimes  very  much  reduced  ;  the  extracellular  white  markings are  occasionally  also  very  small,  and  are  often  partly  replaced  by  red  ones ;  that between  the  discoidal  nervules  is  not  seldom  absent.  In  a  few  examples  the  white area  is  connected  with  the  costal  margin  by  means  of  two  additional  white  markings (compare  ?  of  P.  polytes  L.,  p.  348).  The  red  colour  behind  the  posterior  part  of  the white  area  extends  mostly  from  the  suliniedian  vein  beyond  the  second  median  nervule  ; sometimes  it  reaches  the  upper  iiiedian  nervule,  while  in  other  individuals  it  scarcely reaches  the  second  median  branch  ;  the  nervules  traversing  the  red  patch  are seldom  white.  There  are  from  one  to  three  submarginal  red  sjiots,  besides  a  red marginal  mark  between  the  lower  median  and  the  submedian  veins  which  is  mostly joined  to  the  large  subanal  red  spot  in  the  same  cellule.  A  specimen  from  Kedscar Bay,  British  New  Guinea,  has  five  submarginal  spots,  and  leads  over  to  P.  (mibrux eyipius  Misk.  from  Queensland.

Underside:  as  above;  the  series  of  snlimarginal  s]iots  of  the  hindwings  is, however,  mostly  complete  ;  sometimes  I  he  two  spots  lietween  the  subcostal  and  second discoidal  veins  are  wanting.
l-5ois(luval  attriljutes  to  his  P.  orophancs  a  series  of  marginal  (recte  submarginal) lunules  on  the  upperside  of  the  hindwings,  of  which  the  exterior  (rede  anterior)  ones are  \ery  little  marked.  I  am  not  quite  convinced  that  orophnues  is  the  fciiude  of the  present  race  of  P.  arabrux,  but  believe  that  it  belongs  to  P.  ariibrax  epiTUS Wall.;  as  the  description  is,  however,  not  sufficient  to  solve  the  question,  and  the type  apparently  is  lost,  it  is  best  to  treat  oraphdues  as  a  synonym  of  ambrax.

B2  :  ab.  ambracius  Wall.
M,F  Popillo  ambracia  Wallace,    Tr.   Linn.  Soc.   Luml.  XXV.    p.   54.    n.    68   (1865)    (Waigeu)  : Butl.,  Ann.  Mag.  X.  II.  (4).  XVIII.  p.  248.  n.  30  (1877)  (Pt.  Moresby).
M.  with  white  patch  at  tlie  apex  of  the  forewings.
F  with  white  patch  in  the  anal  region  of  the  forewings.
Occurs  together  with  P.  aiabrax  in  all  localities