Papilio nidæ (papilio nide)

pl. [NL. (Leach, 1819), ily of butterflies, typified by the genus Papilio, usually considered highest of the diurnal Lepi doptera, or Rho palocera. They have broad wings erect in repose, the hind wings concave along the abdominal border, slender antennæ with the knob straight or scarcely curved, slender body, and six functional legs of which the first pair is of normal size Chrysalis of Philenor Butterfly ( Papilio and directed forward. The larvæ are smooth train dorsal vieristic lateral viewing, a, b, illusa girdle. or only moderately pilose, never spinose, thicker in front, tapering behind, with two retractile ten tacles on the segment behind the head. The chrysalids are naked, angular, fastened to a button of silk, and hung by silken loop a little above the middle of the body The family is divided into 2 subfamilies, Pap i lion inæ and Pierinæ, to which some add Parna iinæ. [Other forms of the word are Papiliones (Dalman, 1816); Papilio nid a (Leach, 1815); Papilio nide a (Latreille, 1802); and Papi lionidi (Boisduval, 1829).] See also cuts under Papilio. Pap i lion inæ (pa-pili-ō-ni'në), n. pl. [NL.,