PIERIN^. 
281. (17.) Teracolus Achine, (Cramer). 
9 Papilio AcJiine, Cram., Pap. Exot., iv. pi. cccxxxviii. ff. e, f (1782). 
^ 9 Aphrodite Achine, Hlibn., Samml. Exot. Sclimett, ii. t. 128, ff. i, 2 
[SI 3, 4[?](?i8i6). 
$ Pieris Achine, Godt., Eiic. Metli., ix. p. 122, n. 13 (181 9). 
^ 5 Anthocliaris Achine, Boisd., Sp. Gen. Lep,, i. p. 574, n. 21 (1836). 
„ Trim., Rliop. Afr. Aiist., i. p. 46, n. 29 (1862). 
9 Anthopsyche Roxane, Eeld., Reise d. Novara, Lep., ii. p. 187, n. 182 
(1865). 
$ Teracolus Achine, But!., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1876, p. 149, n. 77. 
$ 9 Teracolus Trimeni, Butl., loc. cit., n. 79. 
Yar. ^ 9 Teracolus Hero, Butl., loc. cit., n. 81, pi. vi. f. 11. 
Var. $ Teracolus Hyperides, Butl., loc. cit., n. 76. 
Exix al, {$) I in. 9-1 1 lin ; (^) i in. 7 lin. — 2 in. 
^ White; apical patch bright red, inclining to orange^ hut glossed 
with a rosy lustre. Fore-ioing : apical red divided into six by the dark 
nervales crossing it, margined outwardly by a narrow black stripe 
sharply indenting the red by radiating upon the nervules, inwardly 
by a thin, blackish, ill-defined streak, within which the nervules are 
usually black, piercing white ground for a little distance ; costa edged 
with blackish, widening above apical red ; a distinct round, black dot 
at extremity of discoidal cell ; a broad, blackish band along inner 
margin to beyond middle, where it very slightly curves upwards and 
ends abruptly. Hind-iuing : base greyish ; a blackish band along 
costa adjoining that on inner margin of fore- wing, and abruptly ending 
immediately below where the latter ends ; on hind-margin, at extremi- 
ties of nervules, a row of black spots, variable in size, radiating on 
nervules, and inclining to form a continuous band, generally diminish- 
ing in size towards posterior angle. Under side. — Fore-iving : apical 
marking soft creamy-yellow, inwardly pale-orange ; disco-cellular spot 
distinct ; inner-marginal band pale-greyish from base, ending in a 
darker spot. Hind-iving : varying from creamy-white to creamy-yel- 
lowish or creamy-reddish, in the more deeply tinted examples more 
or less irrorated with grey atoms ; costa, from base to beyond middle, 
edged with bright orange-yellow ; disco- cellular spot orange, outwardly 
black-dotted ; a scarcely perceptible greyish tint along costa indicates 
the position of the costal band, the extremity of which is always shown 
by a greyish mark, sometimes mixed with reddish ; rarely some indis- 
tinct traces on lower disc of an angulated band. 
$ Very mriahlc in size ^frequently smaller than $ ; of a duller luhite, 
or sometimes decidedly yellotvish. For c- wing : red at apex much nar- 
rower than in of a more orange tint, and without rosy lustre, its black 
borders very much wider, especially the inner one (which latter is, 
however, often intersected by the red, and occasionally with faint red- 
dish colouring on its inner side) ; spot at extremity of discoidal cell 
larger than in ^ ; inner-marginal hlacldsh hand very much hroader and 
darker, its upper edge not clearly defined, but gradually shading off in 
