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743. Oatochrysops strabo, Fabricius. 
Hesperia strabo, Fabricius, Ent, Syst., vol. iii, pt. 1, p. 287, n. ror (1793) ; Polyommatus strabo, Godart, Eney 
Méth., vol. ix, p. 656, n. 134 (1823); Catockrysops strabo, Boisduval, Voy, Ast., Lep., pt. 1, p. 88, n. 2 (1832) ; 
td., Moore, Lep, Cey., vol. i, p. 91, pl. xxxvii, figs. 2, male ; 2a, fentale (1881) ; idem, id, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond,, 
1882, p. 246 ; id., Distant, Rhop. Malay., p, 224, n. 1, pl. xxi, figs. 8, male ;14, female (1884) ;Lampides strabo, 
Butler, Cat, Fab, Lep. B. M., p. 165, Ms. 14 (1869) ; Cupido stradso, Druce, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond,, 1874, Pe 106, 
n. 33 Lycena strabo, Snellen, Tijd, voor Ent., vol. xix, p. 152, ny 46 (1876) ; Lycena kandarpa, Horsfield, Cat. 
Lep. E. I. C., p. 82, n. 17 (1829); id., Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865, p. 7733; Lasmpides kandarpay, 
Semper, Journ, Mus. Godef., vol. xiv, p. 158, n. 62 (1879); Lycena asoka, Kollar in Hiigel’s Kaschmiry vol. ivy 
Pls 2 P- 419, n. 3 (1848) ; L. didda, id,,l.c., p. 420,n. 5; L. platissa, Herrich-Schaffer, Stett Ent. Zeit., 
vol. xxx, p. 74, n. 31, pl. iv, fig. 20, female (1869) ; idem, id., Ex. Schmett., vol. li, fig, 122, female (1869). 
Hasitat: Throughout India, Ceylon, Burma, Malay Peninsula, Siam, Nias, Andaman 
and Nicobar Isles, Java, Borneo, Celebes, Philippine Isles, Formosa, Hainan, Australia. 
EXPANSE; @, 1°10 to 1°50; 2, I'10 to 1°45 inches. 
DESCRIPTION: “MALE. UPPERSIDE, doth wings pale violet-blue, with a rich silvery 
reflexion, assuming ina certain light a dusky grayish shade, the colour being uniformly 
distributed over the whole surface ; surrounded witha delicate black marginal thread, and 
an extreme grayish celéa. Aindwing marked exteriorly to the caudal appendage with an 
ocellate spot of a deep black colour, surrounded anteriorly with a pale blue lunule; a very 
faint transverse brown marginal bar, bordered with white, occupies in some individuals 
the space between this ocellus and the extreme anal angle. UNDERSIDE, doth wens 
pale whitish-gray, and marked with catenulated bands, consisting each of two parallel 
undulated marginal threads of a brilliant white, including a broader fascia of a somewhat 
deeper shade than the ground-colour ; three white strigz pass in both wings parallel with the 
posterior [outer] margin, the exterior one is obsolete and bounded by a brown marginal thread, 
the two next are waving, and include two undulated bands of the ground-colour resembling 
the adjoining catenulated bands. Forewing with a short fascia placed transversely on the 
disc, the next [fascia] posteriorly extends entirely across the surface ; the exterier [costal] margin 
has in the middle a minute ocellate spot with a white annulet. Azzdwzng with three similar 
fasciz disposed in succession transversely on the disc, the anterior one is composed of two nar- 
row interrupted portions, the second is short and stands transversely en the disc, the third is 
irregular and extends in an interrupted course entirely across the wing, and in the anal region 
is suddenly inflected and composed of short arcs ; the exterior margin has, near the costa, two 
ocelli, separated by a small intervening space; in the anal region there are four ocelli, the 
exterior one, near the caudal appendage, is very large, nearly round, of a deep black colours 
abruptly truncated and ornamented posteriorly with a streak of golden irroratiuns, and 
surmounted interiorly and at the sides with a large rufous crescent 3 the remaining ocelli are 
narrow and obscure, the interior one consists of a small dot at the extreme anal angle, and 
the intermediate ones are ovate and-united into a reniform spot, the penultimate one being 
ornamented with a streak of metallic irrorations ; along their inner edge passes a white streak, 
and interiorly of this a faint waving rufous band. The thorax and abdomen agree above 
and underneath, in colour with the wings; the eyes are bordered, the Zaz/ is tipt with white, 
and the aztenne are marked with white bands. FEMALE. UPPERSIDE, oth wings have a 
broad brown border, the blue colour being brighter than in the male, covered witha silvery 
gloss, confined to the base in the hindwing, but spreading also over the disc in the forewing. 
Hindwing, the margin bears a series of ocellate spots, increasing in intensity of tint towards 
the caudal appendage, where the ocellus is intensely black and surrounded interiorly by a 
rufous crescent, the remaining ocelli have narrow white semilunar borders within and trans- 
verse marginal lines without ; a series of lunular white marks passes regularly along the inner 
border of the marginal ocelli, and a few obscure spots form an irregular arch across the 
disc.” UNDERSIDE, doth wings as in the male. (Horsfield, 1. c.) 
The transformations of this species do not appear to have been recorded. In the plains I have 
found it most commonly about plants of dhal, and I think it probable that the larva feeds on that 
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