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THE SAKUNI BUTTERFLY. 

 Papilio Sakuni. 



PLATE IX. 



Polyommatus Petavius, Ency. Meth. Hist. Nat. ix. 676.. 

 Petavia Sakune, Horsfields's Des. Cat. Mus. East India 

 Company, pi. 2. fig 1. 1. 



THE upper surface of the wings is of a dark 

 burnt umber-coloured brown, the superior pair with 

 a large orange patch towards their exterior edges ; 

 the whole are surrounded by an equidistant spotted 

 border of paler brown of the same colour ; the body 

 is also dark umber brown ; the eyes are blackish 

 brown. The whole under surface of' the wings is 

 of a rich brownish yellow, with irregular spots of 

 gray. The antennse have no visible club at their 

 termination. 



This insect inhabits India. 



