.70 NYMPIIALID^. NVMPIIALIN^. ATIIVMA. 



oncoslalmnrsinj extreme poslerior margi,, M,,cki,l,, bounded inwardly by a ,„bmar,i„al 



:;Li:rb:::r„e":;^;r.'L:;':,;;;r^retr 



.».rd,y^by^a.ar.„a,ro.„r„arro„.„nWrr^^^^^^^ 



This very distinct species seems to be confined to Sikkim and k r^rn Tu .. 

 not di.er no. the .ale. It may be distinguished fro. '!t^X::^:^Jt:^ZZ 

 s reak enfre, w.th no detached spot in prolongation, by the underside being bright rrZo: 

 almost un.form and the white bands broad ; in ^.^,...... the underside is b^oLn^^^^^^^^^^ 



numerous dark brown patches on the interspaces. ' ^ 



459- Athyma pravara, Moore. 



A. Pravara, Moore, Horsf5e!d and Moore, Cat LeD M„<= Fin i • 

 (1857); id., Moore. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1858 p i o n T-\a\ ,' . pu' J'," '"' "" ^^^' P'" ^'^' ^'^- * 

 f.g. ii,/e,„ak (1883). ' ^ ' ^" ^' "• " ' '^■' ^'''^"'' ^'^"P- M^'ay-. P- 160, n. 4, pl. xvi, 



Java,''B™r '''''™'^'^'"'"''^''^"' ^'"'"^' '''^'"^' ^'"Sapore, Sumatra, Banca, 

 Expanse : 1-90 to 2-45 inches. 

 Description; •■Upperside smolybrown ; markings creamywhite. ^..„„-„, „i,h 



being ralber large and square. L .Z .rh'L: , T LT': m ^e'T ' r«lb T 



and a narrow band o^. spofs cnr^olaX ' ':r .at I^ir^o-^IeHr-rgr?!^' 



margmal hne and abdominal margin li^ht hmwn r v .u ^"^^"°'^ ^"2'^ , a sub- 

 across the thora. and another across'tl'bt oM::;bdtmi^tLTo: p^rb:"' " 't 

 markings as above, but with dark brown patches between themri ^'^J'^J'^"^^"' ^^'^ 

 minal margin greyish. S..es alike." CMoore, To in Cat lep Mus E l"'c") ' "' '''" 

 This pretty and very distinct species has never before been recorded from Indi. T. 

 appears to be not uncommon towards our north-eastern frontier ThTj T 

 differ only from Mr. Moore's figure of th. m 7 Hontier. The Indian specimens 



rather nairower. ' °^ '''' ""'^'^^'^ '°^™ ^" ^^^'"S the discal white band 



Key to til© Indian species of Athyma. 



Second Group, 

 B. Forewing with discoidal cell closed. 



a. Ground-colour black with white n^arkings. with no blue or orange tinting on upperside. Sexes 



«.. CelJ^of ^forewing on underside containing several large white spots occupying its whole 



a\ Submarginal band on upperside of both wings narrow, sullied with brown 



460. A. MAHESA, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, South India. 

 b . Submarg,nal band on upperside of both wings broader, faintly sullied with 

 brown or pure white. auiucu wiin 



Ai CM f f - '*^'" ^' '"''"'*' ^'^'''''™' Dafla Hills, South India 



thecet"''"" °' ""'^^"'^ ^°"'^'"^"^ ^ longitudinal streak Ich narrower than 



**'* ^"crfd *""t I"' "°'^' ^^-t-t- margins; discal band on underside 

 of^Sb'ir'"^""^^^^'""^'^'^'- no black spots alon. inner Vdgc 



462. A OPALINA, Himalayas. 



b\ Underside with no violet suffusion ; discal band on underside of hindwing 

 raXTbar^^' '"''-' ^ - ''''-' ^-'^ ^'- '-edgeof su;^ 

 «'. Discoidal streak long, twice divided. 



463. A. KRESNA, Mergui, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo. 



