STIBOGES. 



501 



479. Stiboges nymphidia, Butler, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 309, pi. '22, fig-. 1 

 c?; de N. Butt. Ind.u, 1886, p. 316, pi. 24, fig. 119 $; Moore, 

 Lep. Irid. v, 1901-1903, p. 101, pi. 405, figs. 2,2 a, tf $ . 



S. Upperside pure white, base of wings narrowly, costal 

 margin of fore wing very broadly ; with the 

 apical and terminal third of the fore wing and 

 terminal third of the hind wing black, the 

 inner margin of this colour irregularly 

 crenulate. Fore wing with subterminal and 

 terminal very incomplete transverse series of 

 white spots, the anterior two of the former 

 series being the largest. Hind wing with a 

 subterminal undulated pale line, in some 

 specimens white where it crosses the veins, 

 and a terminal series of white lunules. Cilia 

 white alternated with black. Underside 

 similar, the markings generally more clearly 

 defined, the pale subterminal line on the hind wing replaced by a 

 line of obscure minute spots. Antennae black with white rings 

 at the articulations ; head, thorax and abdomen black ; beneath, 

 the palpi and abdomen white, the thorax black. — $ . Similar ; fore 

 wing with the black apical and terminal areas proportionately 

 narrower ; hind wing with a series of spots instead of the sub- 

 terminal pale line on the upperside. Antennae, head, thorax and 

 abdomen as in the <$ . 



Exp. 6 2 36-47 mm. (1-4-1 -85"). 



Hab. Bhutan ; the hills of Assam and Upper Burma ; extending 

 to the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and eastwards to China. 



Fig. M.—Stiboge 

 nymphidia, $ . 



