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a^. Underside: creamy-brown with 

 an indian-red, thin line to 

 both wings postmedially ; the 

 males have a lobe on the 

 inner margin of fore wing 

 upon which, underneath are 

 two tufts or pencils of hair, 

 one above black and directed 

 outwardly, the lower one at- 

 tached to the edge of lobe 

 being light ochreous ; the male 

 upperside is bright metallic 

 blue, the female light sky-blue, 

 both with a wide black apex 



to forewings Creon. (i!4). 



b^. Underside : silver or clear, 

 pearly-grey with a dark, post- 

 medial line at least to hind 

 wing ; the males with the in- 

 ner (hinder) margin of fore 

 wing convex at middle and, 

 underneath, bearing a tuft of 

 black hairs ; the upper margin 

 of hind wing bears also a large, 

 glandular patch of scales at 

 base of subcostal nervure. 

 The males and females are 

 similar to Creon as regards 

 colouration of uppersides . , Pratapa. (25). 

 c^ Underside : pure chalk-white 

 as far as a postmedial line on 

 both wings (indra, Moore), or 

 a clear light grey with a thin, 

 dark, postmedial line at least 

 to the hind wing ; males 

 bright, brilliant, metallic-blue 

 on the upperside or sky-blue 

 (like female : jehana, Moore) ; 

 females are brown ( indra, 

 Moore) or light-blue .. .. Tajuvia {PL H.,figs 



53, 53«.) (26). 

 6\ Underside, fore wing : the cell marked 

 with transverse bands or spots which 

 are continued across wings. 

 «. Underside : the transverse bands centred 



with silvery scales .. .. .. .. Aphnteus {PI. Q, figs. 



52, 52«). (27). 

 b. Underside : the transverse bands or spots 



thinly edged with white . . . . . . Zezius male. (23). 



The female of Zezius will be found under G- ; she is 

 light blue on the upperside, the male being dull cop- 

 per red. 



-F. Hind wing with lobe and three tails which are 



not very long and rather broad Thaduka. (29). 



G. Hind wing with no lobe, or lobe very small and 

 three thread-like tails. 



