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CHARAXES JASIUS. 
PLATE XVI. 
Oclisenheimer Pap. Jason, Linn. — Pap. Jasius, Fair. — Esper. 
cater, and chrys. — Drury’s Insects, i. PI. ]. fig. 1. — Pap. 
Jason. Cramer , PI. 339, A, B Nymph. Jasius, Godart , 
latreUle . 
The genus Charaxes was separated from Nymphalis 
by Ochsenheimer for the reception of this butterfly, 
which may be regarded as the most beautiful inha- 
biting Europe. It varies in the expansion of the 
wings from three to four inches ; the surface a 
rich silky brown, changing slightly with the light. 
Along the hinder margin of the primary wings there 
is a broad fulvous hand, more or less sinuated on 
the inner side and narrowly edged with black exter- 
nally, divided by eight nervures, which are dark 
brown ; rather beyond the middle of the wing, a 
transverse band of large fulvous continuous spots 
extends from the costa to the inner margin, and is 
sometimes continued for a short way on the se- 
condary wings ; the latter likewise with a posterior 
band, formed of contiguous spots of a fulvous colour, 
more or less tinged with green, preceded by a series 
of from five to seven bluish-green spots, commencing 
at the anal angle ; the margin itself black, as well 
