LYCAINID. ZEPHYRUS. j3o1 
Key to tho Indian species of Zephyrus. 
A. Hindwing not furnished with a tail, outer margin scalloped, apex of first median nervule slightly produced 
tooth-like. Male brilliant metallic green on upperside of both wings, Female unknown, 
863. Z. KHastIA, Khasi Hills. 
B. Hindwing furnished with a filiform tail from the termination of the first median nervule. 
a. Males brilliant metallic green on upperside of both wings. 
a'. Male, upperside, both wings with the coloration very deep green, powdery ; underside, 
both wings dull fuliginous-black. Female unknown, 
864. Z. zoa, Sikkim. 
61. Males, upperside, both wings with the green coloration lighter and of a more brassy hue, 
evenly spread, not powdery. 
a?, Male, underside pure silvery white, no distinct discal bands. Female unknown. 
865. Z. aTAxus, Western Himalayas, ? Darjiling. 
62. Male unknown. Female, upperside, forewing with large shining purple-blue 
patch towards base of wing, two discal orange spots ; underside, dark brown, 
discal band of hindwing broken in the middle. 
866. Z. KATURA, Western Himalayas. 
c*, Male, underside, rufous-brown, forewing with large orange triangular patch from 
near inner margin. Female unknown. 
867. Z. ABSOLON, India, 
@®, Male, underside pale brown glossed with silvery, with distinct discal bands, the 
one on hindwing including dark line defining disco-cellular nervules. Female, 
upperside, dark brown, forewing with discal orange spots asin Z. katura, but 
no blue towards base of wing. 
868. Z. puma, Sikkim, Sylhet. 
e*, Male, smaller, discal band on underside of hindwing quite distinct from dark line 
defining disco-cellular nervules. Female, upperside, forewing shining blue 
on disc and base. 
869. Z. syLa, Himalayas. 
J?. Male, still smaller, underside greyish-fawn colour, not at all glossed with silvery. 
Female, upperside, forewing with only faint traces of blue on disc and base, 
two pale bluish-white subapical (or discal) spots ; underside as in male, 
870. Z. BIRUPA, Western Himalayas. 
6. Males, metallic green in some lights, violet in others, on upperside of both wings, 
a', Both sexes with discal band on underside of hindwing broad, including dark line defining 
disco-cellular nervules, not outwardly prominently defined by silvery line, 
871. Z.1cANa, Western Himalayas. 
31, Both sexes with discal band on underside of hindwing narrow, quite separate from red 
line defining disco-cellular nervules, outwardly prominently defined by silvery line. 
872. Z. DOHERTYI, Western Himalayas. 
c. Male, upperside touched with obscure violet close to base of forewing only, hindwing entirely 
black, Female unknown. 
873. Z. MANDARA, Kumaon. 
d. Males, upperside, forewing blue or purple on disc and base, with two spots on disc placed obliquely. 
a', Both sexes, upperside, both wings, blue, obliquely-placed spots on forewing white. 
874. Z. ziHa, Western Himalayas, 
51, Male, upperside, forewing, peacock-purple, obliquely-placed spots on forewing orange ; 
hindwing entirely black. Female unknown. 
875. Z. Ppavo, Bhutan, Upper Assam, 
863. Zephyrus khasia, n. sp. 
HasitaT: Khasi Hills. 
EXPANSE: dg, 1°55 inches. 
DESCRIPTION : MALE. UPPERSIDE, doth wings rich metallic green, the veins black, the 
outer margins with a broad regular black border. ovewzg with the costa very narrowly black, 
the outer black border broadest at apex. MWindwing with the costal margin broadly black, 
the outer margin waved, no tail, but the termination of the first median nervule slightly pro- 
duced tooth-like. UNDERSIDE, both wings silvery-white. Forewing with a fuscous bar closing 
the discoidal cetl, a discal curved and waved fuscous band from the costa to the first median 
nervule, its outer edge sharply defined, its inner edge somewhat diffused ; a submarginal 
increasing macular fuscous band from near the costa to the submedian nervure, becoming 
