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which are nearly totally white in the forms from Sumatra, Borneo and Java. 



Last not least the nervature of the wings and the male copulatory 



organs do not give us any constant character to separate the named forms 



Textfigure 2. 



specifically. Only the form nupta Fruhst. has not been examined by want 

 of material. I am inclined to suppose, that nupta is inhabiting one of 

 the satellite islets of Nias. 



The following arrangement of the known local races or subspecies 

 gives a good survey of the geographical distribution. 



A. indra Moore (Cat. Lep. Ins. Mus. H. E.-I. C, vol. I, p. 74, 1857). 



— indra (Moore) Sikkim, Assam, Birma (wet-season). 



— ■ imbecilis (Moore) „ „ „ (dry-season). 



— shiva Swinh Poona, T$. Bombay. 



— statilia Fruhst Travancore, Mlghiris. 



— narendra Moore Ceylon. 



— thr 'onion Fruhst Siam, Annam, Tonkin. 



— menandrus Fruhst .... Hainan. 



— aristoxenus Fruhst. . . . Formosa (mountains). 



— thrasea Fruhst ...... „ (lowlands). 



— plana Butl Malacca, Sumatra. 



— aemilia Fruhst Borneo. 



— festrada Fruhst ..... Nias. 



— nupta Fruhst . „ ? Satellite-islet. 



— inanis v. E Simalur and satellite-islets, 



— massilia Fruhst. ..... Palawan. 



— leptis Feld Java. 



— lucasi Wall W. Java, Gedeh-mountains. 



— vadus Fruhst Lombok. 



