. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entom Supp. 242 Male genitalia (Text-fig. 206). Uncus composed of two small suboval lobes like those in Lepidochrysops and Euchrysops fused on either side of the tegumen ; subunci long, robust, curved, tapering evenly to the apex which ends in a shallow hook ; tegumen fairly large, reduced on the median line to a narrow strip ; vinculum narrow, lower fultura formed of two small divergent arms to which is fused an anellus that sheathes the penis ; valves very narrow, upper process with rounded apex, lower process ending in a slightl
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entom Supp. 242 Male genitalia (Text-fig. 206). Uncus composed of two small suboval lobes like those in Lepidochrysops and Euchrysops fused on either side of the tegumen ; subunci long, robust, curved, tapering evenly to the apex which ends in a shallow hook ; tegumen fairly large, reduced on the median line to a narrow strip ; vinculum narrow, lower fultura formed of two small divergent arms to which is fused an anellus that sheathes the penis ; valves very narrow, upper process with rounded apex, lower process ending in a slightly recurved point ; penis elongate, swollen in the middle, slightly curved ; vesica with fine cornuti ; uncus clothed with long fine hair, a few short hairs on the lower edges of the valves, their apices bearing four bristles, of which the one on the upper process is much longer and stronger than the others. The species comprising the genus Thermoniphas have been described in a variety of genera, Cupido, Oboronia and Everes. Bethune Baker (1923 : 277) even relegated micylus (Text-fig. 207) and togara (Text-fig. 208) to the genus Lycaenopsis,. Fig. 208. Thermoniphas togara togara (Plotz), o* Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). London : BM(NH)
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