. Butterflies. Vol. Lepidoptera. EULEPIS. 225 Fore wing: apical area from about middle of costa to apex of vein 2, in Tenasserim specimens to apex of vein 1, jet-black, the inner margin of the black area very sinuous and irregular, occa- sionally the black in interspace 2 is subterminally separated into two portions; a conspicuous whitish-yellow preapical spot. Hind wing: a subterminal series of bluish-black lunules with whitish. Fig. 42.—Eule2>is delphis. centres ; the tails with median streaks of pale blue. Underside silvery white. Fore wing: three black spots in cell, a crescentic
. Butterflies. Vol. Lepidoptera. EULEPIS. 225 Fore wing: apical area from about middle of costa to apex of vein 2, in Tenasserim specimens to apex of vein 1, jet-black, the inner margin of the black area very sinuous and irregular, occa- sionally the black in interspace 2 is subterminally separated into two portions; a conspicuous whitish-yellow preapical spot. Hind wing: a subterminal series of bluish-black lunules with whitish. Fig. 42.—Eule2>is delphis. centres ; the tails with median streaks of pale blue. Underside silvery white. Fore wing: three black spots in cell, a crescentic black mark at its apex with a short black line beyond it, and a round black mark at base of interspace 2, the latter diffusely bluish in centre, two slender black lunules below middle of costa, followed by a postdiscal transverse series of bluish lunules, beyond them a row of ochraceous spots. Hind wing: a subcostal bluish diffuse spot surrounded by a slender black line; a slender black loop near apex of open cell with short slender transverse lines below in interspaces 1 a, 1 and 2, followed by a transverse series of blue lunules ; a series of red spots, the anterior two yellow: a postdiscal sinuous yellowish band; a subterminal series of blue lunules and a terminal series of large yellow spots, narrowly mar- gined with pale bluish, this colour also suffuses the tails. Antenna? black ; head and thorax anteriorly brown, thorax posteriorly greyish ; abdomen whitish yellow ; beneath, the palpi, thorax and abdomen white. Exp. 6 $ 96-112 mm. (3'8-4-4"). Hah. Assam; Cachar; Arrakan; Burma; Tenasserim, extend- ing south to the Malayan Subregion. vol. i. a. 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 Bingham, Charles Thomas, 1848-1908. London, Taylor and Francis; Calcutta and Simla, Thacker, Spink, &
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