. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 464 V. G. L. van SOMEREN Male. Fore wing length 35-38 mm. Shape, costa curved toward apex, apex produced, tip rounded, outer margin concave from 3 to 5, hind angle produced at ib but angle squared. Upper side. Fore wing, basal area orange-chestnut, with a strong purplish tint in side-light, the rufescent colour shading to black beyond, the black sharply defined from the rufous-orange border. The pattern consists of a small black spot in upper part of mid cell and a larger one at its end; in the discal line are two large rounded bla
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 464 V. G. L. van SOMEREN Male. Fore wing length 35-38 mm. Shape, costa curved toward apex, apex produced, tip rounded, outer margin concave from 3 to 5, hind angle produced at ib but angle squared. Upper side. Fore wing, basal area orange-chestnut, with a strong purplish tint in side-light, the rufescent colour shading to black beyond, the black sharply defined from the rufous-orange border. The pattern consists of a small black spot in upper part of mid cell and a larger one at its end; in the discal line are two large rounded black spots in sub-bases of 5-6 and similar spots in sub-bases of 3 & 2, the two upper spots at an angle to the blacker series of conjoined angled marks of the postdiscal line, which runs from the costa to the hind margin, the upper spots of these two rows separated by an orange mark; the outer ends of these angled marks have extensions along the veins, which tend to separate the submarginal series of paler rufous- orange spots, which extend from the costa to the hind margin in increasing size, the marks in 4-6 uniform in size. The apex is rufous tawny; the marginal border of the wing, especially in the 'bay' is blackish. Hind wing, basal area black with a large tawny-orange patch at the costa, thus dividing the base of the black triangle, which tapers rapidly toward the hind angle. The inner fold is buffish at its basal half, but more rufous at its end. The black area is sinuate on its outer edge, with rays which tend to separate the postdiscal series of rufous-orange spots, especially in the mid area, of which the upper spots are of about equal width but those below the apex of the cell decrease in size to the hind angle. Beyond is a submarginal row of blackish spots with tawny orange enclosed spots, the black spots may be rounded and separate in the upper segment or conjoined. The border of the wing is tawny orange with the extreme edge darker with slight white fringe in th
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