. Butterflies. Vol. Lepidoptera. YPTHIMA. 137 159. Ypthima dohertyi, Moore (Thymipa), Lep. Ind. ii, 1893, p. 65, pi. 108. figs. 1,1 a, c?; Elwes $ Edw. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1893, p. 38, pi. 2, fig. 31. $ 2 • Closely resembles Y. methora, but in the d the secondary sex-mark is prominent. In colour and markings Y. dohertyi differs from Y. methora as follows :—Upperside a paler brown, the pupils to the ocelli less prominent, often wanting, the tornal ocelli on the hind wing present and geminate. Underside very much paler, dull white with dark brown short striae; the transverse dark fasciae som
. Butterflies. Vol. Lepidoptera. YPTHIMA. 137 159. Ypthima dohertyi, Moore (Thymipa), Lep. Ind. ii, 1893, p. 65, pi. 108. figs. 1,1 a, c?; Elwes $ Edw. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1893, p. 38, pi. 2, fig. 31. $ 2 • Closely resembles Y. methora, but in the d the secondary sex-mark is prominent. In colour and markings Y. dohertyi differs from Y. methora as follows :—Upperside a paler brown, the pupils to the ocelli less prominent, often wanting, the tornal ocelli on the hind wing present and geminate. Underside very much paler, dull white with dark brown short striae; the transverse dark fasciae sometimes wanting, generally ill-defined ; five (not six) ocelli on the hind wing ; the tornal two ocelli confluent, having the appearance of one bipupilled ocellus; the yellow irides to the ocelli very broad. Exp. $ 2 62-64 mm. (2-45-2-51"). Hah. Hills north of Taungoo, Lower Burma. 160. Ypthima savara, Grose-Smith, A. M. N. H. (5) xx, 1887, p. 267 ; Moore (Thymipa), Lep. Ind. ii, 1893-96, pp. 66, pi. 108, figs. 2, 2 a, S) Ehoes | Edw. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1893, p. 37, pi. 2, fig. 30; Watson, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. x, 1895-1897, p. 645. $ 2 • This, like Y. dohertyi, resembles Y. methora in both seasonal forms, but the S has a prominent secondary sex-mark, more marked even than in Y. dohertyi; and both sexes are on the upper and under sides very much paler than Y. methora, the ground-colour being a dull white; while, on the underside, Y. savara differs also in having well-defined subbasal, discal and subterminal dark transverse fasciae. Exp. j 2 54-58 mm. (2-12-2-28"). Hob. Hills of Upper and Lower Burma, and Tenasserim. 161. Ypthima sakra, Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. , 1857, p. 236; M. Sf de N. Butt. Ind. i, 1883, p. 232 : Moore (Tkvinipa), Lep. Ind. ii, 1893-96, p. 69, pi. 109, figs. 2, 2 a, 2 b, <$ $; Ehoes fy Edto. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1893, p. 40. Ypthima nikaea, Moore, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 567 ; M. $ de N. Butt. Ind. i, 1883, p. 232 ; Moore (Thymipa), Lep. Ind. ii,
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