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Larva. Described by Moore as black with a lateral yellow stripe, 

 two yellow dorsal patches, with three white spots in front, and 

 two maculated white lines behind them on each segment, also a 

 pair of dusky black fleshy tentacula on the 2nd, 10th and 12th 

 segments. 



Raphis pulchellum, Raphis lemma, Passularia, and Ceropegia 

 intermedia are mentioned as food-plants. 



Pupa: green variegated with spots and lines of black, silvery 

 white and golden yellow. 



Var. nipalensis, Moore, described from a single specimen from 

 Nepal, is probably only an aberration. From the typical form it 

 differs in being slightly larger, the preapical bar on the fore wing 

 is macular, and the subterminal and terminal series of spots 

 are nearly obsolete on the fore and completely obsolete on the 

 hind wing. 



7. Danais hegesippus (PI. I, fig. 1), Cramer (Papilio), Pap. Exot. ii, 



1779, pi. 180, fig-. A ; M.8r de N. Butt. Ind. i. 1882, p. 55 ; Moore 

 (Salatura), Lep. Ind. i, 1890-92, p. 49, pi. 11, figs. 1, 1 a, 1 b, tf $ . 

 Danais nesippus, Felder, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xii, 1862, p. 486 ; 

 M. § de N. Butt. Ind. i, 1882, p. 55 ; Moore (Salatura), Lep. Ind. 

 i, 1890-92, p. 50, pi. 11, figs. 2, 2 a> 2b, £ $. 



r5 2 • This form closely resembles D. plexippus, from which it 

 differs in colour as follows : — Upperside of fore wing : the black 

 on the margins and on the apical half of the wing of greater 

 extent, the preapical white bar divided into well- separated 

 elongate spots. Hind wing black, the cell and the interspaces 

 beyond it from 1 a to 5 with narrow white streaks. Underside 

 similar to the upperside, apex of fore wing dusky black ; white 

 streaks in the interspaces on the hind wing broader and washed 

 with ochraceous at their apices ; also additional white streaks in 

 interspaces 6 and 7. 



Exp. tf $ 70-78 mm. (2-75-3-05"). 



Hob. .Recorded from Bengal, Burma, Tenasserim, and the 

 Nicobars. Extends to Malacca and Sumatra. 



Within our limits B. plexippus and B. liegesippus seem to be 

 distinct and constant ; but from the Malayan Subregion inter- 

 mediate forms, such as B. sumatrana, Moore, and B. intermedia, 

 Moore, have been recorded. 



Var. nesippus, Felder, is found in the Nicobars. Prom typical 

 liegesippus it differs in being smaller and darker, the tawny red on 

 the fore and the white on the hind wing being more restricted. 



8. Danais chrysippus (PI. I, fig. 2), Linn. (Papilio) Syst. Nat. x, 



1758, p. 471 ; Moore (Salatura), Lep. Ceyl. i, 18S0, p. 7, pi. 3, fig. 1 ; 



M. 8f de N. Butt. Ind. i, 1882, p. 50, pi. 6, fig. 10, tf $ ; Moore 



(Limnas apud Hilbner), Lep. Ind. i, 1890-92, p. 36, pi. 8, figs. 1, 



larva, 1 a -1 e, <$ 2 • 

 Papilio alcippus, Cramer, Pap. Exot. ii, 1777, pi. 127, figs. E, F ; 



M. $ de N. (Danais) Butt. Ind. i, 1882, p. 51. 

 Limnas alcippoides, Moore, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 238, pi. 31, fig. 1 S; id. 



Lep. Ind. i, 1890-92, p. 41, pi. 9, figs. 2, 2a-2c, <$ $. 



