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THE SAKUNI BUTTERFLY. 
Papilio Sakuni. 
PLATE IX. 
Polyommatus Petavius, Ency. Meth. Hist. Nat. ix. 676.— 
Petavia Sakune, Horsfields’s Des. Cat. Mus. East India 
Company, pl. 2. fig 1. 1. 
Tux upper surface of the wings is of a dak 
burnt umber-coloured brown, the superior pair with 
a large orange patch towards their exterior edges ; 
the whole are surrounded by an equidistant spotted 
border of paler brown of the same colour ; the body 
is also dark umber brown; the eyes are blackish 
brown. The whole under surface of the wings is 
of arich brownish yellow, with irregular spots of 
gray. The antenne have no visible club at their 
termination. 
This insect inhabits India. 
