NYMPHALID.E.-MORPHIN.E. 



MORPHO. I. 



I.— MORPHO HELENA. $ . Figs. 1, 2. 



3Iorpho Rhi'tcnor, xar. Helena, Staudiuger, " Eutomologische Nachrichten,"- 

 vol. 16, p. 107 (_1890). 



Exp. 5^ to 5f inches. 



3Iale. Anterior wings shaped as in 31. Rhdcnov, Cram., witli which species 

 the markings of the imdersurface hkewise agree. 



IJppERSiDE bright sky-blue, as in ji. Ci/pris, Westw. (not greenish-bhie, 

 as in 31. Bhetenor), wdth a broad yehowish-white common baud, rather broader 

 than in 31. Cijpris, and sometimes uninterrupted. Fringes very short, checquered 

 with black and white at long intervals. There are some whitish spots above the 

 band towards the costa of the anterior mngs. The largest of these is triangular, 

 and is placed between the first and second discocellular nervules. Between these 

 and the hind margin are six small white spots, as in M. lihctenor, var. Cacica, 

 Stand.,* which are' sometimes nearly obsolete. On the posterior wings, the 

 white band rims straight to the light yellowish-grey inner margin. 



UxDEKSiDE. Differs from that of 3/. Bhetenor by the broad whitish central 

 band on all the mngs ; in lllietenor it is violet-grey on the posterior wings, and 

 represented only by three dirty yellow spots on the anterior wings. Var. Caeiea 

 has a continuous yellowish band on the anterior wdngs. There are some whitish 

 spots in the cell of the anterior wings, variable in size in 31. Helena, as likewise 

 in ill. Bhetenor. (In the specimen figured, only one is present.) The ocellated 

 spots are bordered with brown, and arranged as in 31. Bhetenor, but are liable to 

 become obsolete. The apical portion of the anterior wings and the dark border 

 of all the wings is more suffused with whitish-gi-ey than in 31. Bhetenor. 



Female imknown. 



* Morpho Rltetenor, var. Cacica, Staud., " Exotische Schmetterlinge," p. 206, pi. Isx. (1887). 



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