. Butterflies. Vol. Lepidoptera. 324 ntmphalid^e. Neptis swinhoei, Butler, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 145, pi. 24, fig. 9. Neptis eurymeiie, Butler, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 145, pi. 24, fig. 5 tf. i?ac<2 andainana. Neptis andamana, Moore, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 586; de N. Butt. Ind. ' ii, 1886, p. 94; Moore, Lep. Ind. iii, 1896-99, p. 232, pi. 277, figs. l,la-lg, <$ $. Race nicobarica. Neptis nicobarica, Moore, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 586; de N. Butt. Ind. ii,. 1886, p. 94; Moore, Lep. Ind. iii, 1896-99, p. 233, pi. 278, figs. 1,1 a-\g,S%. Dry-season form.— 6 $ • Upperside black, with pure white markings.
. Butterflies. Vol. Lepidoptera. 324 ntmphalid^e. Neptis swinhoei, Butler, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 145, pi. 24, fig. 9. Neptis eurymeiie, Butler, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 145, pi. 24, fig. 5 tf. i?ac<2 andainana. Neptis andamana, Moore, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 586; de N. Butt. Ind. ' ii, 1886, p. 94; Moore, Lep. Ind. iii, 1896-99, p. 232, pi. 277, figs. l,la-lg, <$ $. Race nicobarica. Neptis nicobarica, Moore, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 586; de N. Butt. Ind. ii,. 1886, p. 94; Moore, Lep. Ind. iii, 1896-99, p. 233, pi. 278, figs. 1,1 a-\g,S%. Dry-season form.— 6 $ • Upperside black, with pure white markings. Fore wing: discoidal streak clavate, apically truncate, subapically either notched or sometimes indistinctly divided ; triangular spot be- yond broad, well-defined, acute at apex, but not elongate ; discal series of spots separate, not connate, each about twice as long as broad; postdiscal transverse series of small spots incomplete, but some are always present. Hind wing: subbasal band of even or nearly eveu width ; discal and subterminal pale lines obscure ; postdiscal series of spots well separated, quadrate or subquadrate, very -p. _q seldom narrow. Underside from pale Neptis eurynome. \. golden ochraceous to dark ochraceous almost chocolate ; white markings as on the upperside, but broader and defined in black. Fore wing: interspaces 1 a and 1 from base to near the apex shaded with black, some narrow transverse white markings on either side of the transverse postdiscal series of small spots. Hind wing: a streak of Avhite on costal margin at base, a more slender white streak below it; the discal and subterminal pale lines of the upperside replaced by narrow white lines with still narrower margins of black. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen black ; the palpi, thorax and abdomen beneath dusky white. Wet-season form.—Differs only in the narrowness of the white markings and in the slightly darker ground-colour and broader black margins to the spots and bands on the under
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