ABROTA. 



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Key to the forms of Abrota. 



a. ^ . Discal and subterminal transverse black bands 



on upperside of hind wing well apart. 2 '• yellow 

 transverse bands on hind wing comparatively 

 narrow, under 95 mm. in breadth A. ganga, p. 251. 



b. $ . Discal and subterminal transverse black bands 



on upperside of hind wing close together, sepa- 

 rated only by a narrow yellow line. 2 '■ yellow 

 transverse bands on upperside of hind wing 

 comparatively broad, over 95 mm. in breadth . . A. jumna, p. 252. 



276. Abrota ganga, Moore, Cat. Lep. Mas. E. I. C. i, 1857, p. 178, 

 pi. 6 a, fig. 1, <$ only ; id. Lep. Lid. iii, 1896-99, p. 81, pi. 219, 

 figs. 1, 1«, rf$. 



? Papilio minis, Fabr. Eat. Syst. iii, 1793, pt. 1, p. 48. 



Abrota mirus, de X. Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 183, pi. 24, fig. 110, $ only. 



S . Upperside rich ochraceous. Pore wing : cell with a sub- 

 costal spot and the discocelluiars defined in black ; dusky-black 

 markings along the upper edge of cell joining a large oblique, 

 somewhat diffuse black patch beyond its apex, this patch extending 

 to vein 4, there bent acutely inwards and continued as an inwardly 



Pig. 50. — Abrota ganga. §. 



oblique zigzag diffuse band ; beyond this, a very incomplete post- 

 discal row of black diffused markings, followed by a subterminal, 

 similarly diffused, black, transverse, somewhat lunular band ; costal 

 and terminal margins and apex black. Hind wing crossed by a 

 basal, a discal, a subterminal and a broader terminal black band ; 

 bases of both wings irrorated with dusky-black scales. Underside 

 paler yellow. Pore and hind wings with a common, anteriorly 

 broad, inwardly oblique, discal fascia, a row of somewhat obscure 

 postdiscal spots and a lunular subterminal obscure band chestnut- 

 red. Pore wing : basal portion inside of the discal band with a 

 medial and a terminal cell-bar and a transverse highly sinuous 

 band beyond of the same colour. Hind wing : basal area inside 

 the discal band with two slender rings, followed by a sinuous 

 transverse irregular line, chestnut-brown. Antennae, head, thorax 



