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42 (41) Fore wing postdiscal spots in spaces 2 and 3 directed to termen . cartica (p. 93) 



Fore wing postdiscal spots in spaces 2, 3 and 5 in line and directed to costa 



magadha (p. 94) 



43 (41) Under surface of fore wing with postdiscal fascia and submarginal series fading 



out before vein 9 and nearly always tinged bluish ..... 44 



Postdiscal fascia and submarginal series reach vein 9, as usual, and are not 



bluish nashona (p. 95) 



44 (43) Upper surface markings orange, yellow or cream. N. ananta complex . . 45 



- Upper surface markings pale chestnut to whitish heavily suffused with brown 



anjana (p. 96) 



45 (44) Upper surface markings orange or yellow ....... 46 



Upper surface markings cream, sometimes faintly tinged with yellow. 



Formosan ......... taiwana (p. 101) 



46 (45) Upper surface markings broader and paler than in sympatric namba forms. 



Cilia very obscurely chequered in India/Burma, mainly whitish in China. 

 Female with fore wing upper and lower postdiscal bands well separated 



ananta (p. 98) 



- Markings narrower and richer orange than in sympatric ananta forms. Cilia 



narrowly but clearly chequered with white in India/Burma, more broadly and 

 obscurely chequered in China. Female with fore wing upper and lower 

 postdiscal bands narrowly united by an orange line except in China 



namba (p. 100) 



47 (7) Under surface of hind wing with discal fascia .... zaida (p. 101) 



- Hind wing discal fascia obsolete, but the area between the discal and post- 



discal bands carries a number of reddish brown blotches . thestias (p. 103) 



48 (2) Fore wing cell streak undivided ........ 49 



- Fore wing cell streak interrupted by at least two black lines .... 68 



49 (48) Fore wing postdiscal spot in space 3, if present, placed above the spot in 2 or, 



at most, only slightly shifted in ........ 50 



Fore wing post discal spot in space 3 much shifted in, often touching the 

 streak beyond cell, so that the cell streak, streak beyond cell and lower 

 postdiscal band form a continuous ' hockey stick ' (Evans, 1932) . . 56 



50 (49) Under surface of hind wing with area from base to discal band unmarked. 



N. antilope group . . . . . . . . . . .51 



- Under surface of hind wing with basal area variegated with dark markings . 53 



51 (50) Fore wing postdiscal spot in space 3 immediately above the spot in 2 . . 52 



- Fore wing postdiscal spot in space 3 shifted in a little nearer the base than the 



spot in 2 . . . . . . . . antilope (p. 1031 



52 (51) Under surface ground colour almost uniform pale yellowish. Smaller, fore- 



wing length about 32 mm ...... sylvana (p. 103) 



Under surface ground colour rich ochreous, tinged with reddish brown beyond 

 forewing cell and hind wing discal band. Larger, fore wing length about 

 40 mm. ......... meloria (p. 104) 



53 (5°) Fore wing postdiscal spot in space 3 absent or, at most, a mere extension of 



the spot in 2 across vein 3 ; streak beyond cell does not enter base of space 3. 



N. armandia group .......... 54 



Fore wing postdiscal spot in space 3 well developed ; streak beyond cell 



extends into the base of space 3, at least on the under surface. Larger . 55 



54 (53) Under surface of fore wing with costal area above cell more or less concolorous 



with cell streak (yellow or white) ..... armandia (p. 104) 



Coastal area above cell reddish brown, contrasting with the yellow or whitish 



cell streak ......... hesione (p. 105) 



