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XI 







Fig. 11.— Fore legs, a (J, ft £, of I, Hestia (Danaince) ; II, Mycalesis (Saty- 

 rince) ; III, Cynthia (Nymphalincs) ; IV, Pareba (Acrceina) ; V, Libythea ; 

 VI, Abisara (Nemeobidce) ; VII, Papilio (Papilio nidce), claws simple 

 ( (j* tibiae with pad on inner side) ; VIII, Pier is (Pier ides), claws bifid ; 



IX. Lampides (Lycanidoe), tf tarsus imperfect with only one claw ; 



X, Tagiades (Hesperiidce), tibiae with a medial as well as an apical pair of 

 spurs. 



The six families under which the Indian butterflies can be 

 arranged may be briefly tabulated as follows : — 



Key to the Families of Butterflies. 



A. Antennae approximate at base ; hind tibiae 

 with only a terminal pair of spurs ; one or 

 more of the veins in the fore wing forked 

 or coincident beyond the cell. 

 a. Precostal nervure in hind wing present. 

 a . Front pair of legs imperfect in one or 

 both sexes. 

 a 1 . Front pair of legs imperfect in both 



sexes * Nymphalidae. 



ft 2 . Front pair of legs imperfect in <$ , 



perfect in $ Nemeobidae. 



* Except in the genera Pseudergolis, Libythea and Calinaga. In these 

 imperfect only in the <$ . Other characters, however, strongly Nymphaline. 



