ILLUSTRATIONS 



OF 



EXOTIC ENTOMOLOGY 



NYMPHALIS (CHARAXES) JASON. 



Plate I. fig. 1. 



Order : Lepidoptera, Linn. Section : Diuma, Zatr. Family : Nymphalidse, Swainson. 

 Genus. Nymphalis, Latr. Papilio Eq. Achiv. Zhui. Drury. Papilio Nymplialis, Fabr. 

 Subgenus. Jasia, Swainson. Charaxes, Boisduval. 



Nymphalis (Charaxes) Jason. Alls fuscis, anticis utrinque striga maculari limLioque apicali fulvis, posticis 

 bicaudatis, ordine postico maeularum subhmai'iura fulvescentium, omnibus subtus ad basin ferrugineis 

 earacteribus fasciaque albis. (Expans. Alar. 3 — 4. iinc.) 



Syn. Papilio Jason, iira. S(/5<. iV(rf. 2. 740. No.'iC). Herbst. tab. 6i. f. 3. 4. 5. Cram, pi 330. f. A. B. 

 Drury, vol. 1. p. 2. 

 Pap, (Nymphalis) Jasius, Fab. Ent. Syst. t. IW.part 1. p. 61. 191. Drury, vol. 2. App. 

 Nymphalis Jasius, Latr. et Godart. Enc. Meth. v. 9. p. 350. I. 

 Charaxes Jasius, Boisduval Hist. Nat. Lepidopt. pi. l.f. 12. (imago) pi. 3. .4. /. 9. (larva and pupa. ) 



Habitat: Barbary, Asia Minor, and tho Northern Coast of the Jlediterranean Sea. 



Upper Side. The anterior wings are of a fine chocolate, with an orange-coloured margin nmning 

 along the exterior edge, within which are some faint round orange spots; those ne.xt the anterior 

 edge, where they begin, being strongest. The posterior wings are furnished with four tails (the outer 

 ones being the shortest) and are of a blue black. A yellow scolloped margin runs round their external 

 edges, verged with black ; above which are some lunate spots of a sky blue. 



Under Side. The anterior wings, next the body, are of a faint dark red, with many spots and 

 marks of a dirty olive, differently shaped, margined with white. An orange margin runs along the 

 exterior edge, intersected by the blue tendons ; and above it are several triangular marks of a faint 

 orange, on a blueish hazel ground, which deadens as it approaches the margin. The posterior wings 

 have on each a white band, running transversely, and meeting just below the extremity of the body; 

 within which, and including the anal groove, are many roimd, oval, and other shaped marks of chocolate 

 and dark olive; verged with white. A scolloped margin, of a deep lemon colour, runs along the pos- 

 terior edges, verged with dirty green, and separated from the white band by a bar of hazel colour, and 

 some large brown redchsh spots and marks. Two blue spots are placed just above the two longest tails, 

 with several lesser ones, just above the lemon-coloured margin. 



I have thought it more in accordance with the principles which are now almost 

 universally adopted, in regulating specific nomenclature, to revert to the original Linntean 



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