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Male genitalia (Text-fig. 206). Uncus composed of two small suboval lobes like those in 

 Lepidochrysops and Euchrysops fused on either side of the tegumen ; subunci long, robust, 

 curved, tapering evenly to the apex which ends in a shallow hook ; tegumen fairly large, 

 reduced on the median line to a narrow strip ; vinculum narrow, lower fultura formed of two 

 small divergent arms to which is fused an anellus that sheathes the penis ; valves very narrow, 

 upper process with rounded apex, lower process ending in a slightly recurved point ; penis 

 elongate, swollen in the middle, slightly curved ; vesica with fine cornuti ; uncus clothed 

 with long fine hair, a few short hairs on the lower edges of the valves, their apices bearing four 

 bristles, of which the one on the upper process is much longer and stronger than the others. 



The species comprising the genus Thermoniphas have been described in a variety 

 of genera, e.g. Cupido, Oboronia and Everes. Bethune Baker (1923 : 277) even 

 relegated micylus (Text-fig. 207) and togara (Text-fig. 208) to the genus Lycaenopsis, 



Fig. 208. Thermoniphas togara togara (Plotz), o* genitalia. 



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Fig. 209. Thermoniphas distincta (Talbot), <$ genitalia. 



