Publ. 5. XI. 1926. 
AMBLYPODIA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
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A. anniella Hew. (150 d) resembles the preceding species, the g above is of a wonderfully bright dark 
blue; easily discernible by the under surface being so much darkened that the bands are only yet to be reco¬ 
gnized by the whitish borderings on the hindwing. Malacca to the Philippine Is., Moluccas, and Borneo. — In 
Java, according to Piepers and Snellen, no genuine anniella occur, whereas in Sumatra a form somewhat 
different from Malaccan specimens occurs (= husarina Fruhst.), distinguished by its darker upper surface without 
the glaring reflection of fulgidus. Beneath the metallic scales in the anal angle of the hindwing as well as the 
greyish-white hue in the disc are less intense. $ with a light bluish-violet upper surface and a narrower marginal 
band than in specimens from Borneo, which exhibit thinner postmedian bands beneath, but which have therefore 
not yet been denominated. 
A. artegal Doh. This species unknown to me has only been found in the Margui Archipelago. It is 
said to resemble anniella, but with an expanse of only 35 mm, and they may be merely small $$ of it, although 
the author took them to be Above azure-blue, the most purely at the base, gradually warming into a 
violettish blue towards the centre of the wing, with such a broad dark marginal band that it reaches to the cell 
and almost to the centre of the wing. On the hindwing the border between the proximal blue and the very 
broad blackish-brown marginal band is irregular. The brown under surface is characterized by a light triangle 
on the costa, recalling the marking beneath in certain Elymnias. The hindwing has but a very small tail. 
A. diardi Hew. ($ = capeta Hew.) (150 Bg). Above with a very bright gloss, the $ dark blue with 
a feeble violet hue, the $ more sky-blue with broad black margins. Distinguished by the under surface with 
comparatively narrow bands being dark and bordered with a rather bright white, in contrast with the lustrous 
violet, red-brown underground. viardi Stgr. nec Hew., the form from Palawan, can apparently not be defined 
from diardi. ----- The Javanese form asatha Fruhst. is described to be most similar to the Sumatran specimens, 
though the upper surface has not such a bright reflection. The ground-colour is darker. The under surface, 
however, is paler, the dark submarginal band particularly in the forewing widened towards the costa. The 
$ above is bluish-violet, much darker than $$ from Assam. — amha Fruhst. is the form occurring in Borneo. 
Above just as dull as Javanese asatha. but of a darker blue whereby it is separated from fulgida Hew. which flies 
in Borneo beside diardi. Beneath allied to asatha, but the brown markings are narrower, the greenish anal 
spot is broader, though duller. - zilana Fruhst. is a very small form from the Isle of Bazilan; the $ above very 
dark. — almansor Fruhst. is a magnificent race from the Peninsula of Malacca, above lighter and of an 
intensely bright blue; beneath the <$ shows more extensive whitish areas and a broader glossy anal spot; $ 
with a broad marginal black. The two forms from Assam and Sumatra ( diardi and capeta) are considered 
by Fruhstorfer to be separable. - imperiosa Fruhst. (162 a as imperialis) is a form distinguished by its 
enormous size; from Celebes where many lepidoptera are represented by large races. The form is beneath the 
most similar to the Javanese race, the bands beneath being coffee-brown, broad. The postmedian band of 
the forewing extends in equal width from the costa to the upper median without getting narrower or being 
dissolved into spots. The metal spots in the anal region are of a bright gloss. — The diardi-i or ms are in many 
districts common at their habitats. 
A. adriana Nic. (150 B b) is very similar to both apidanus (149 c) and asoka (150 B f), but recognizable 
by the <$ also showing a rather broad (3 mm) black marginal band on both w ings. This marginal band is hardly 
noticeably widened at the apex of the forewing, whereby the species differs from most of the allies. Beneath 
characterized by the dark bands being broader and more intense than the rather narrow light spaces between 
them. The complicated marking of the hindwing beneath has several times been exhaustively described, but 
it varies to such an extent that it can be hardly used for the description; in some dark uni-coloured specimens 
it is sometimes hardly recognizable at all. For the identification of the species the upper surface is more 
serviceable. The $ is above somewhat darker blue and the blackish-brown marginal band 5 mm broad. The 
imago is hitherto only known from Sikkim where it is, however, very common, occurring also near the town 
of Darjeeling itself from where so many Sikkim lepidoptera are wrongly labelled. 
A. asoka Nic. ( — chola Mr.) (150 Bf) is beneath very similar to the following chinensis, but the 
postmedian bands of both w ings are narrower, the whole marking not so complicated as in adriana (150 B b) 
from which it differs in the presence of the verdigris anal spot of the hindwing, which is entirely absent in 
adriana. Above the black margin of the wungs in the is hardly one third of the width of that in adriana, but 
in the $ considerably broader, at least in the hindwing, where it is 7 mm broad and almost reaches the centre 
of the wing, asoka is likewise a common Sikkim species which, however, is also found to the south (in Assam, 
Burma) and extends to the east as far as Hongkong, where it is, however, of very rare occurrence. — The Hong¬ 
kong specimens differ also a little from the Indian specimens and have been separated as vaya Fruhst .; the 
wings above in the basal portion lighter, more silvery blue, and the black margin of the hindwing in the $$ 
is not quite so broad. Beneath the spots and bands are lighter, almost purely white, and instead of the metallic 
scales in the anal angle of the hindwing there is a small grey cloud. 
A. abseus Heiv. (147 g as dbsens). In this small species the marking beneath is different, whereas 
the upper surface resembles the moorei-group to some extent. The species is discernible by the irregular 
anniella. 
husarina. 
artegal. 
cliardi. 
viardi. 
asatha. 
amha. 
zilana. 
almansor. 
imperiosa. 
adriana. 
asoka. 
vaya. 
abseus. 
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