AMBLYPODIA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
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A. atrax Heiv. (150 g) From Burma, perhaps also from other countries of India, $ above of a bright 
sky-blue, the black distal margin not quite 2 mm broad; in the $ the blue colour above is still lighter, 
but on being seen from the side duller. The under surface, as is shown in our figure, has a great many spots 
which are small, almost equally sized ringlets. 
A. hewitsoni B.-Bak. (= atrax $ nec $ Hew.) (150 g) was taken to be the $ of atrax , but it is above 
much more violet. From the Himalaya through India to Burma, in some districts not rare. 
A. alemon Nic. is very similar to hewitsoni (150 g), somewhat larger, the violet colouring above less 
pronounced, somewhat more expansive, but distally more indistinctly defined. The $ is beneath without any 
violet reflection, of a decidedly lighter ground-colour, so that the spots are of a darker prominence. Burma. 
A. canaraica Mr. resembles alemon , but it can be easily distinguished by the colouring above being 
also in the $ more violettish-blue; under surface with a violet reflection above the brown colour w hich is distinctly 
darker than in alemon with smaller and darker macular markings. Canara, Travancore. 
A. alea Hew. (150 B d). Above the $ is of a very bright ultramarine blue, beneath dark purple brown, 
the spots in the basal areas of both wings are very small. Hindwings with tails. Our figure is a copy from 
Hewitson’s figure; this type figured by him was in the London Museum, but it is not be found anymore. Patria : 
,, India “. 
A. agelastus Hew. (150 Be). B above deep glossy ultramarine blue; under surface almost exactly like 
that of perissa Doh. (150 g as pemia) which may be only a hardly separable form of it, but the postmedian 
band of the forewdng beneath is not so uniform, more distinctly composed of separate spots. Hereby perissa 
is very similar to the following forms which are difficult to separate from this species. Indo-China. 
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A. tounguva Sm. (150 g). Beneath as mentioned above very much like perissa , but the £ above is not 
ultramarine but of a glaring violettish blue with an intense lilac gloss. Andamans; Burma; taken by Fruh- 
storfer also in Annam and Siam. 
A. asopia Hew. (150 g). Beneath lighter (more yellowish) brown than the figure show's, otherwise very 
similar to the preceding ones, particularly in the marking; the most conspicuous is the very much lighter, whi¬ 
tish spot in the subanal region of the forewing. Distinctly separated above in the $ by being quite light vio¬ 
lettish-blue with a blackish-brown marginal band of more than 3 mm width. oeeta Nic., of which only 1 spe¬ 
cimen exists, Bethune-Baker considers to be merely an aberrative specimen of asopia. both originating from 
Burma. 
A. perimuta Mr. (148 g) has been established as the type of a separate genus: Darasana Mr. (1884), 
recognizable by the margin of the wings being on all sides rounded, wdiereby the tailless hindw ing appears almost 
exactly oviform; only the apex of the forewing forms a slight point. Upper surface of $ glaringly sky-blue with 
a black margin of about 1 mm width, under surface violettish-brown with dark, curved, almost parallel trans¬ 
verse lines. Continental India, particularly its northern parts. 
A. azenia Hew. (149 g) is much larger; discernible by the radiantly Morpho- blue upper surface with a 
very narrow dark distal margin; the under surface is quite light, almost dull white, the scanty marking dull 
lilac-grey or brownish-grey. New' Guinea. 
A. acron Hew. (150 g) also has a Morpho- blue upper surface of the <$, the hindmarginal part of the fore- 
wing and the hindwing are of a glistening silvery blue, the costal part of the forewing is much darker; the 
under surface, however, is not whitish, but dark brown with white-edged bands and spots, somewhat similar 
to the agelastus- group. Batjan. 
A. admete Hew. (= eucolpis Kirsch ) (149 c as admeta). Beneath all the bands and spots are edged with 
a bright white on a red-brown ground. Recognizable by all the spots in the forewing being absent as far as the 
postmedian transverse band, except the cell-end spot; in the hindwing all the spots are very small. Above the 
S is deep dark blue, the $ black, the basal halves of the wings with a blue gloss. Moluccas and New Guinea. 
A. waigeoensis B.-Bak. (147h) is beneath marked exactly like admete, but almost the whole hindmarginal 
half and the whole proximal part of the very broad band on the hindwing are wdiite. Above the $ is glossy blue, 
lighter than admete, but darker than acron. Waigeu, w here this form represents azenia. 
A. epimete Stgr. (150 g), from Palawan, has a lustrous blue forewing with a broad dark costal margin 
and distal margin, the hindwing being blackish-brow n, in the $ with hardly any blue, in the $ w ithout any 
blue. Beneath somewhat like acron. duessa Doh., from Tenasserim, is beneath almost the same, but above 
the blue gloss on the forewing is more glaring. 
A. belphoebe Doh. was described from a bad specimen; the whole proximal portion of the hindwing, 
as well as the forew ing are violettish blue. Under surface pale brown, with a violet gloss, nearly all the mark- 
atrax. 
hewitson i. 
alemon. 
canaraica. 
alea. 
agelastus. 
'perissa. 
tounguva. 
asopia. 
oeeta. 
perimuta. 
azenia. 
acron. 
admete. 
waigeoen- 
sis. 
epimete. 
duessa. 
belphoebe , 
