EUPLGEA. 



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29. Euplcea COreta, Godart (Danais), Encycl. Metli. ix, 1819, 



p. 178,6 2- 

 Euplcea coreoides, Moore, A. M. N. H. (4) xx, 1877, p. 44 ; id. 

 (Narmada) Lep. Ceyl. i, 1880, p. 18 ; M. $ de N. Butt. Ind. i, 

 1882, p. 90; Moore (Narmada), Lep. Ind, i, 1890-92, p. 134, 

 pi. 51, figs. 1,1 a, c?$- 



Race montana. 

 Euploea inontana, Felder, Novara Reise, Lep. Rliop. 1867, p. 330 : 

 Moore (Narmada), Lep. Ceyl i, 1880, p. 13, pi. 6, fig. 1 tf; M. $ 

 de N. Butt. Ind. i, 1882, p. 91: Moore (Narmada), Lep. Ind. i, 

 1890-92, p. 135, pi. 51, figs. 2, 2 a, <*. $ . 



cJ $ . In shape, colour, and markings, very closely resembles 

 E. core (p. 32). Males, however, can be distinguished at once by 



the presence of two brands in- 

 stead of a single one on the fore 

 wing. Of the females de Nice- 

 ville says, females of E. cor eta 

 can be separated from the females 

 of E. core by the following points : 

 " First by the outline of the 

 fore wing being more entire ; in 

 core it is slightly but perceptibly 

 scalloped. Second, by the under- 

 side of the fore wing having a 

 complete series of six spots, one 

 between each pair of nervules 

 outside the cell ; in core two of 

 these spots, those above the 

 discoidal nervules (veins 5 and 6), 

 are always wanting. Third, the 

 two brands on the intern o-median 

 area (interspace 1) of the fore wing in the male are faintly but 

 quite perceptiblv to be traced in the female in the same position." 

 Exp. S $ 92-96 mm. (3-65-3-8"). 



Hob. Southern India, Canara, Mysore, Wynaad, the JNilgiris, 

 Travancore. 



Race montana, Felder. — As typical E. coreta closely resembles 

 typical E. core, so montana, the Ceylon race of coreta, resembles 

 asela, the Ceylon race of E. core. Eecognizable points of difference 

 between asela and montana are in both sexes the same as between 

 core and coreta. 



Exp. 3 $ 90-94 mm. (3;55-3'7"). 



Hob. Confined to Ceylon. 



An occasional specimen of E. coreta approximates towards 

 montana by the partial obsolescence of the terminal series of 

 spots. 



Fig. 10. — Euplcea coreta, tf . 



