. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. REVISIONAL NOTES ON AFRICAN CHARAXES 439 line of division clear-cut, starting just beyond the end of the cell, at which point there is a black spot, at right angles to the costa, crossing to well within the hind angle, the inner edge of the green somewhat sinuate and often accentuated by some brownish scaling, most evident at the tornus. There is often a black spot in postdiscal line on veins 6 and 7. Hind wing, almost uniform satiny greenish white, with a slight shading to brownish on the edge of the inner fold and the margin; sub
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. REVISIONAL NOTES ON AFRICAN CHARAXES 439 line of division clear-cut, starting just beyond the end of the cell, at which point there is a black spot, at right angles to the costa, crossing to well within the hind angle, the inner edge of the green somewhat sinuate and often accentuated by some brownish scaling, most evident at the tornus. There is often a black spot in postdiscal line on veins 6 and 7. Hind wing, almost uniform satiny greenish white, with a slight shading to brownish on the edge of the inner fold and the margin; submargin with a row of brownish black spots, usually triangular in shape, with off-centre black dot, that at anal angle with white centre. Underside. Fore wing, dull matt greenish shading to almost whitish in ia and the greater part of ib; cell with obscured silvery white lines in sub-base, with a stronger whitish bar at mid point often with brownish centre and a dark spot at upper part of cell end. The disc of the wing with two brownish marks outlined in white in upper part of ib, 2 & 3, often indistinct and frequently rubbed off; submargin with rather obscure whitish spots, rather variable, the two in subapex with black dots distally. Hind wing, ground colour as fore wing, the cell with a few white scales forming a very broken bar and often obscure; a rather ill-defined series of white marks, larger and with some brownish scaling in mid area, extends from the costa to just above the anal angle; sub- margin with series of small black dots with white surround, largest in 3, and double at anal angle. Female. Fore wing length 34-35 mm, thus larger than the male, the greater size enhanced by the less pointed tip and straighter outer margin. Upperside. Fore wing, general colour duller than the male, the line of division between the basal greenish-white and the darker green apical half, less clear-cut, but the darker green extending down the outer margin to the hind angle as in th
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