LYCMNA. 
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Habitat. ^ — ^Mountains in Andalusia. 
Larva. — U nknown . 
27. L. Amanda (-dus), Sclin. N. Mao-, iv., p. 248 (1792); Hiib. 
283-5, 752-4. — Icarius, Esper, 99, 4; 0. i. 2, 37; 
B. Ic. 12, 1-3. 
Expands 1 to 1’25 in. Fringes of all the wings white. The 
male has the wings blue and somewhat glossy ; the fore wings 
have a broad indistinctly defined black border and a small oblong 
black discoidal spot ; the hind wings have a narrow but defined 
black border. The nervnres of all the wings become rather broad 
and black as they enter the hind-marginal border. The female is 
dark brown ; fore wings with a very indistinct discoidal spot ; hind 
wings with three or four orange spots towards the anal angle. 
Under side: — Pale grey; brownish in the female. Fore wings 
without basal spots ; discoidal and central row black, with white 
rings ; hind margin with faint traces of an orange band. Hind 
wings bluish at the base, with three basal spots ; discoidal and 
central row as in the fore wings ; the hind margins have a well- 
defined double row of black spots enclosing a pale orange band, 
PI. XXVI., 2. 
Times of Appearance. — June to August. 
Habitat. — Mountain meadows in Eastern and Central Europe 
(exce 2 it Britain), the South of Scandinavia, Greece, Asia Minor, 
the Altai and the Amur. 
Larva . — U nknown . 
28. L Escheri, Hiib. 799, 800 (1819) ; Dup. i. 11, S-6.—Agesfor, 
Godt. Enc. Meth. p. 690. 
Expands 1 to 1-30 in. Fringes of all the wings white. The 
male has the wings blue, tinged with lilac, much resembling 
L. Icarus in colour, but rather brighter; all the wings have a very 
narrow black hind-marginal border. The female is brown, slightly 
tinged with blue at the base ; the fore wings have a black discoidal 
s^Dot and an orange hind-marginal band indistinctly defined on its 
inner edge. The hind wings have a sharply hind-marginal band. 
Under side very much as in L. Icarus, var. Icariuus (there being no 
