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IPHIAS LEUCIPPE. 

 PLATE VII. Fig. 3. 



Pap. Leucippe, Fabr. Cramer, PI. 36, fig. A, B, C. — Donovan, 

 Insects of India. — Pieris Leucippe, Godart. 



One of the largest of the Pierides, frequently mea- 

 suring upwards of four inches hetween the tips of 

 the wings ; anterior pair bright fulvous red, clouded 

 at the base with greenish yellow, the nervures and 

 all the exterior parts black, the female with a row 

 of fulvous spots parallel with the external margin, 

 and not far from it ; posterior wings citron-yellow, 

 having a dentated or macular black border in the 

 female, usually preceded by a curved line of spots of 

 the same colour ; but in the male marked with only 

 one or two black spots towards the external border. 

 Under side deep fulvous in both sexes, sprinkled 

 with black points and marked with short transverse 

 dusky lines, which are greatly most numerous in the 

 female ; head and thorax brown ; abdomen citron- 

 yellow ; antennas black, the extremity of the club 

 reddish. 



It is a native of Amboina ; we have seen no par- 

 ticular account of the caterpillar, but it is no doubt 

 similar to that of T. Glaucippe, which is described 

 by Dr. Horsfield as of a green colour with a white 

 lateral ray. It feeds on a species of Capparis. 



