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diocletianus, Fabricius {radamanthuSy 

 Fabricius, ramsayi^ Moore). 



Danisepa, Moore. 



Eastern Himalayas, 



Assam, 



Burma, 



Malay Peninsula, 



Indo-China, h 



Sumatra, 



Billiton, 



Banka, 



Natuna Isles, 



Nias Island , schreiberi, Butlpr {maassem, Weymer, niasaiw, Swinhoe, 



Java, alcidice^ Godart {tJioosa, Hiibner), (niasica, Snellen). 



Borneo, lowei, Butler. 



Dr. Moore in Lep. Iiid., vol. i, p. 114 (1891) records D. shreiheri 

 [ sic ! ] from Borneo, but that species is I believe strictly confined to 

 Nias. Mynheer P. C. T. Snellen has written an interesting note on the 

 subgenus Danisepa in Tijd. voor Ent., vol. xlii, pp. 101-105 (1899), but 

 omits all reference to D. schreiheri, Butler, which is an older name than 

 D. niasica, Snellen. I am unable, as Dr. Moore did in 1883, to draw 

 any line between diocletianus and radamanthus. In 1890 he united these 

 two species, but gave the latter name {rhadamanthus, sic!) precedence, 

 while diocletianus in the older, and described ramsayi as a new species, 

 restricting it to the Eastern Himalayas. That species gradually merges 

 into diocletianus, though typical specimens have the white maikings 

 larger ; but this is an inconstant character. Mr. W. F. Kirby poinl^s 

 out in the new edition of Hiibner's Ex. Schmett., p. 5, that in Godart's 

 D. alcidice from Java no mention is made in the description of the white 

 raarginnl spots on the forewing. This is probably an omission only, as 

 no species of Danisepa is known from Java or elsewhere in which these 

 spots are lacking, though they are blue rather tlian white. Kirby gives 

 D. tlioosa specific rank to tlie exclusion of the older alcidice. Danisepa 

 supports my theory very well, as the several species nowhere overlap. 



Lower Burma, 

 Malay Peninsula, 

 Western China, 

 Nicobar Isles, 

 Sumatra, 



Salpinx, Hiibner. 



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leucostictos, Gmelin (dehaanii, Lucas, 

 j> novarss, Felder, vestigiata, Butler, lazulinay 

 I Moore, leucogonys^ Butler), 



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