. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entom Supp. A REVISION OF THE ETHIOPIAN DREPANIDAE (LEPIDOPTERA) 21 andersoni as subspecies of one extensive species. It is probable on the evidence of comparative structural difference and present knowledge of distribution that the two species were originally subspecies of a polytypic species and that tamsi and andersoni now form a superspecies. This is another very variable species. The ground-colour of the upper surface of the wings may be reddish, greyish or yellowish brown, or very dark brown. There is often a darker medial area on the fo
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entom Supp. A REVISION OF THE ETHIOPIAN DREPANIDAE (LEPIDOPTERA) 21 andersoni as subspecies of one extensive species. It is probable on the evidence of comparative structural difference and present knowledge of distribution that the two species were originally subspecies of a polytypic species and that tamsi and andersoni now form a superspecies. This is another very variable species. The ground-colour of the upper surface of the wings may be reddish, greyish or yellowish brown, or very dark brown. There is often a darker medial area on the fore wing, rarely with an irregularly shaped greyish white central marking. One of the specimens examined from Mt. Elgon is a very pale yellowish brown with dark brownish or black postmedial fasciae and irregularly shaped medial Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). London : BM(NH)
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