CHARAXES. 213 



the differences on the underside from C. marmacc are similar in 

 character and as conspicuous and marked as in the male. 



Exp. $ 2 90-115 mm. (3'55-4-5"). 



Hah. The Himalayas from Kumaun to Sikhim ; Assam hill- 

 ranges ; Arrakan and Tenasserim. 



241. Charaxes aristogiton, Feld&r, Nov. Reise, 'Lep. Rhop. 1867, 

 p. 445 : de N. Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 282 ; Elwes, Trans. Ent. Soc. 

 1888, p. 368 : Moore (Haridra), Lep. Ind. ii, 1893-96. p. 236, 

 pi. 173, figs 1,1a, S ?; Hothsch. § Jord. Nov. Zool. vii, 1900, 

 p. 313. 

 Charaxes desa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 832 ; id. (Haridra) Lep. Ind. 



ii, 1893-96, p. 235, pi. 172, figs. 1, 1 a-1 c, $ $>. 

 Haridra adamsoni, Moore, Lep. Ind. ii, 1893-96, p. 236, pi. 173, 

 figs. 2,2 a, tf. 



c? 2 . Closely allied to and resembling C. marmacc. <$ . Upper- 

 side differs as follows : the postdiscal transverse band on the fore 

 wing black throughout, much more heavily marked, and above 

 vein 4 fused with the black terminal band, traversed by a sub- 

 terminal band of lunules of the tawny ground-colour, which decrease 

 in size towards the costal margin. On the hind wing the sub- 

 terminal black spots often form a continuous band, decreasing 

 in width posteriorly and separated only by the fulvous veins ; in 

 many specimens, however, the posterior spots are separate, but 

 the apical two spots are always fused together and each bears 

 outwardly a more or less conspicuous white spot. Underside : 

 the ground-colour differs from that in C. marmax in being a 

 purplish tawny with no trace of yellow, but suffused with an 

 iridescent chalybeous tint ; the usual slaty-black transverse highly 

 sinuous lines are present; a series of subterminal obscure dark spots 

 anteriorly on the fore wing ; on the hind wing the oblique postdiscal 

 slaty-black lunular line better defined anteriorly than in C. marmax. 

 — 2 . Upperside : the postdiscal transverse lunular band on the 

 fore wing more heavily marked throughout and much broader 

 anteriorly than in C. marmax 2 • Underside : ground-colour 

 purplish tawny as in the S but much paler, the basal half of both 

 fore and hind wing a shade darker than the terminal half, the 

 oblique postdiscal slate-black band on the hind wing broad and 

 outwardly diffuse. 



Exp. S 2 94-114 mm. (3'7-4-45"). 



Hob. Sikhim; Bhutan; Sylhet ; Assam; Cachar; Burma; 

 Tenasserim. 



Vars. desa and adamsoni, Moore, from Tenasserim differ slightly 

 in the width and in the direction of the inner edge of the black 

 terminal band, characters which are very variable even in the 

 forms from Sikhim. 



