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minutely brown-speckled ; rib-lino indistinct. A large, dark, bright violet-blue prominently- 
marked species." (Jloore, I. c.) 
This species varies in the blue coloiu" of the iipperside ; in the majority of 
specimens this is very deep in tone, in others it is pale, and in a few it is 
greenish or " peacock "-blue. On the under surface the ground-colour ranges 
from pale drab to deep ochreous, sometimes deeply suffused or heavily clouded 
with purple-brown, reddish-brown, or violet-brown. The rib-like mark is 
generally well defined, especially on the secondaries ; sometimes it is black 
edged inwardly with pale grey, and sometimes it is yellowish-grey narrowly 
edged outwardly with brownish. Some specimens have fungus-like black 
spots, others are finely or coarsely irrorated Avith black or brown. The ocelli, 
usually two on each wing, resemble the " spangle galls " often seen on fallen 
leaves. 
Occurs at Moupin, Omei-shan, Chia-kou-ho, and Chia-ting-fu in Western 
China, and at Chang-yang in Central China. In India it is found in the 
North-west Himalayas, Nepal, and Sikkim. 
Genus CHARAXES. 
Charaxes, Ochsenlieimer^ Schmett. Eur. iv. p. 18 (1816) ; Felder, Neues Lep. p. 39 
(1861); de Niceville, Butt. Ind. ii. p. 269 (1886). 
Nymphalis, Wesitwood [nee Latreille), Gen. Diurn. Lep. ii. p. 306 (1850). 
" Body extremely robust ; hind wing generally with one or two tails ; underside of the wings 
beautifully ornamented with patches and markings of varied colours. Female scarcely 
differing in appearance from the male, but larger and sometimes with a paler oblique bar 
on the fore wing. 
" Head moderately large, woolly, not tufted in front. 
" JSyes very prominent, naked. 
" PaJjii large, porrected obliquely ; the tip elevated considerably above the level of the top of 
the eyes and extending in front of the head nearly as far as its length, rather apart at the 
base, but approximating at the tip, thickly scaly ; the extremity of the second joint above 
clothed with short erect hairs, resting upon the face in repose ; terminal joint somewhat 
naked, small and conical, inside with the scales more hair-like. 
" Aniennce rather short, not half the length of the fore wing, strong, straight, terminated by a 
long, graduall5--formed, but not very robust, fusiform club, slightly attenuated at the 
extreme tip, where it is obliquely truncate, with a very fine carina on the underside, on 
each side of which is a very slight longitudinal impression. 
" Thokax very robust, oblong, thickly clothed with wool, especially on the metathorax. 
"Fore wing subtriangular ; costal margin moderately arched; apical angle somewhat acute, 
but rounded off at its extremity ; outer margin oblique, slightly emarginate and almost 
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