Orchard Swallowtail, Papilio (Princeps) aegeus aegeus

“In some seasons the perfect insects are so numerous that 8 or 9 may be captured at one sweep of the hand net .… The specimens figured were taken at a time when they were not only plentiful, but large in size, and perfect in plumage.” Description from an unpublished manuscript for AW Scott, ’Australian Lepidoptera and their Transformations’, (1864-1898).