. Butterflies. Vol. Lepidoptera. ABROTA. 251 Key to the forms of Abrota. a. ^ . Discal and subterminal transverse black bands on upperside of hind wing well apart. 2 '⢠yellow transverse bands on hind wing comparatively narrow, under 95 mm. in breadth A. ganga, p. 251. b. $ . Discal and subterminal transverse black bands on upperside of hind wing close together, sepa- rated only by a narrow yellow line. 2 'â yellow transverse bands on upperside of hind wing comparatively broad, over 95 mm. in breadth .. A. jumna, p. 252. 276. Abrota ganga, Moore, Cat. Lep. Mas. E. I. C. i, 1857, p. 178
. Butterflies. Vol. Lepidoptera. ABROTA. 251 Key to the forms of Abrota. a. ^ . Discal and subterminal transverse black bands on upperside of hind wing well apart. 2 '⢠yellow transverse bands on hind wing comparatively narrow, under 95 mm. in breadth A. ganga, p. 251. b. $ . Discal and subterminal transverse black bands on upperside of hind wing close together, sepa- rated only by a narrow yellow line. 2 'â yellow transverse bands on upperside of hind wing comparatively broad, over 95 mm. in breadth .. A. jumna, p. 252. 276. Abrota ganga, Moore, Cat. Lep. Mas. E. I. C. i, 1857, p. 178, pi. 6 a, fig. 1, <$ only ; id. Lep. Lid. iii, 1896-99, p. 81, pi. 219, figs. 1, 1«, rf$. ? Papilio minis, Fabr. Eat. Syst. iii, 1793, pt. 1, p. 48. Abrota mirus, de X. Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 183, pi. 24, fig. 110, $ only. S . Upperside rich ochraceous. Pore wing: cell with a sub- costal spot and the discocelluiars defined in black; dusky-black markings along the upper edge of cell joining a large oblique, somewhat diffuse black patch beyond its apex, this patch extending to vein 4, there bent acutely inwards and continued as an inwardly. Pig. 50.âAbrota ganga. §. oblique zigzag diffuse band; beyond this, a very incomplete post- discal row of black diffused markings, followed by a subterminal, similarly diffused, black, transverse, somewhat lunular band ; costal and terminal margins and apex black. Hind wing crossed by a basal, a discal, a subterminal and a broader terminal black band ; bases of both wings irrorated with dusky-black scales. Underside paler yellow. Pore and hind wings with a common, anteriorly broad, inwardly oblique, discal fascia, a row of somewhat obscure postdiscal spots and a lunular subterminal obscure band chestnut- red. Pore wing: basal portion inside of the discal band with a medial and a terminal cell-bar and a transverse highly sinuous band beyond of the same colour. Hind wing: basal area inside the discal band with two slender rings, f
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