. Butterflies. Vol. Lepidoptera. ATHTMA. 315 one form hairy; thorax short and robust; intermediate and posterior tibiae shorter than the femora, spined along the under- side. Key to the forms of A thyma. A. Eyes not hairy. a. Fore wing upperside : discoidal streak divided. a'. Fore wing upperside : macular discal band not interrupted, all spots com- posing it present A. perius, p. 815. b'. Fore wing upperside : macular discal band interrupted, spot in interspace 3 absent A. larymna, p. 316. b. Fore wing upperside : discoidal streak not divided. a'. A spot beyond apex of discoidal streak
. Butterflies. Vol. Lepidoptera. ATHTMA. 315 one form hairy; thorax short and robust; intermediate and posterior tibiae shorter than the femora, spined along the under- side. Key to the forms of A thyma. A. Eyes not hairy. a. Fore wing upperside : discoidal streak divided. a'. Fore wing upperside : macular discal band not interrupted, all spots com- posing it present A. perius, p. 815. b'. Fore wing upperside : macular discal band interrupted, spot in interspace 3 absent A. larymna, p. 316. b. Fore wing upperside : discoidal streak not divided. a'. A spot beyond apex of discoidal streak. a1. Hind wing underside: spots com- posing postdiscal macular band with black centre in each A. asura, p. 317. b2. Hind wing underside: spots com- posing postdiscal macular band without black centre spots Race idita, p. 318. b'. No spot bej^ond apex of discoidal streak A. pravara, p. 318. B. Eyes hairy , p. 319. 331. Athyma perius, Linn. (Papilio) Syst. Nat. x, 1758, p. 471; de N. Butt. hid. ii, 1886, p. 166, pi. 20, fig. 89 $ ; Moore, Lep. Ind. iii, 1896-99, p. 184, pi. 260, figs. 1, 1 a-l d, larva & pupa, <S $. J 2 . Upperside black (in the $ blackish brown) with the following white markings :—Fore wing: a clavate discoidal streak, twice divided, a cone-shaped large spot beyond ; a much curved discal macular band, the spots composing it in interspaces la, 1 and 2 broad, rectangular, in interspace 3 small, sub triangular, in interspace 4 cir- cular or oval, in 5 and 6 elongate, shifted obliquely inwards ; a post- discal sinuous line of narrow trans- verse spots, and a subterminal line of obscure short lunules. Hind Fig. 58.—Athyma, perius. \. wing : discal »and of £ore wing continued subbasally across, broad and not macular, traversed only by the veins ; a postdiscal macular band, inwardly margined by a series of round black dots, and a subterminal line of obscure lunules as on the fore wing. Underside golden ochraceous yellow; the white markings as on the
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