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In Ills 'Butterflies of India,' etc., de Niceville assigns over 

 fifty species to this genus from that region. 



Akhopala meander, Boisduval. 



Voy. Astr. Lep. p. 76, 1832; Amhlypodia meander, Hew., Cat. 

 Lye. B.M. t. 2, figs. 4-G, 1862. 



(J. 22-27 mm. (24). Upper side brilliant shining blue, with 

 a faint greenish suffusion basally, margins narrow, black. Tail 

 black, tipped with white. 



Under sid e. — Botli ivings dark brown, with the spots and 

 bands often hardly discernible, that portion of forewing covered 

 by hindwing pale brown; spots in cell of forewing usually onty 

 indicated by their whitish borders ; discal area of forewing 

 slightly paler; greenish metallic scales at anal angle. 



9. 22-26 mm. (24). Upperside. — Foi'eunng shining l)lue 

 without a trace of purple; black margin narrow on costa at base, 

 then increasing very much to apex, outer margin very broad- 

 Hindvnng shining blue, with broad costal and outer margins. 



Underside as in (J, but usually more indefinite; metallic 

 scales at anal angle often wanting. 



This species is distinguishable from the two allied forms by the 

 blue colour and the broader black margins of the upperside in 

 both sexes^ and by the dark underside, with the markings very 

 often obscured, though I have seen specimens in which the mark- 

 ings are well defined, the spots in the cell often in the ^ being- 

 bordered by metallic scales, and also sometimes in $ there is a 

 large whitish patch on costa near apex. Very often the under- 

 side has a purplish sheen. 



Log. — Rockhampton to Cape York {^ 5, 9 11). 



Ariiopala amytis, Hewitson. 



Amhlypodia amytis, Hew., Cat. Lye. B.M. p. 4, t. 2, figs. 7-9, 

 1862; Semp., Mus. Godf. Lep. xiv. p. 168, 1878 : A. cyronthey 

 Misk., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 1890, p. 43. 



Q. 22-25 mm. (23). Upperside purple, with narrow black 

 margins. Tail black, tipped with white. Cilia brown. 



