COMMON BUTTERFLIES OF THE PLAINS OF INDIA. 639 



Genus— CHARAXES. 



A. Colour upperside: tawny with broad black marginal 



border (male) or with a broad white discal band 



to f orewing besides (female). Exp. H-6"-4*3". imna. 



B. Colour upperside: black with a discal baud on fore- 



wing of well separated yellow spots, Exp. 



3-2" to 3-7" fabius. 



Genus— EULEPIS. 



A. Colour upperside : black with a broad, pale yellow 



transverse discal band from middle of fore wing 

 to near inner margin of hindwing with a spot or 

 two of the same colour above it towards apex 

 of forewing. Exp. 2-5" to 3*25" athamas. 



B. Similar, only the band pure white bordered by 



smalt-blue on the outer side ; the underside 

 very prettily variegated. Exp. 3"6" to 4'5" •.. schreiberi. 

 Both these genera have the species with veins 1 and 3 of the 

 hindwing produced into longish triangular tails, more pointed in the 

 male than in the female. C.fabius is a plain country species common- 

 ly, E. athamas less so, the other two not at all. 



Genus— APATURA. 



Only one species. Exp. 1*8" to 2" camiba. 



This is not a plain butterfly but may be obtained at Matheran 

 or Mahableshwar or even along the Thana Hills. 



Genus— EURIPUS. 



Only one species, Exp. 2'7" to 3*5" consimilh 



This is not a common insect anywhere and is probably confined 

 altogether to the damper hill tracts of the Western Ghat in Bombay 

 Presidency. The foodplant of the larva is Trema orientalis, Blume, 

 a small tree that springs up in forest land that has been cleared of 

 growth and burnt ; it grows rapidly and is short-lived, rather like a 

 Grewia to look at. The female is larger than the male. 



Genus— DOPHLA. 



Only one species. Exp. 3*4 ' to 4*3" laudabilis. 



This is really a hill species and might possibly be found at Matheran 

 or Mahableshwar as the foodplant of its larva is Diospyros candolleana, 

 a small species of Ebony growing in the evergreen forests of the 

 Western Ghats. The female is larger than the male and has a 

 chalky-white discal band across the forewing, wanting in the male. It 

 is really a Euthalia by habit and larva and pupa. 



