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Z. dohertyi Nic. is larger; upper surface blackish-brown with an entirely dull greenish-violet reflection; doherlyi. 
$ above quite similar to that of tsangkie, but much larger. Under surface quite deep dark red-brown; hindwing 
with a fine white postdiscal transverse stripe forming the proximal border of the postmedian band. Western 
Himalaya. 
Another species or form letha Wt.s. from Burma has remained unknown to me. 
45. Genus: Tliecla F. 
In that sense, in which we conceive this genus here, it has hardly any representatives in the Indian 
region. Moreover, we refer the reader to the fact that the very numerous American forms of this genus are 
already split into groups some of which may have acquired a generic character. The Lycaenidae which beside 
the Erycinidae may represent the latest offspring of the Rhopalocera- tribe, are just only developing, and also 
with the Indian Lycaenidae it may be justified to designate most of the genera being kept separate here as 
subordinate genera or groups of forms, as for instance the Zizera and Chilades as subordinate groups of ,,Cupido“, 
or as the American genera Eupsyche, Uranotes etc. as subgenera of ,,Thecla“. — As to further particulars on 
this genus, cf. Vol. I, p. 264. It may only be mentioned here that the Tliecla in a restricted sense (as here 
or in Vol. I) are almost exclusively northern insects; in Africa to the south of the Sahara, in Australia, and 
tropical America, they are entirely absent, and into the Indian region they seem to penetrate but little beyond 
the palearctic southern frontier. 
Th. sassanides Roll. (= deria Mr., mirabilis Ersch., lunulata Rom.) (Vol. I. pi. 73 e) enters the Indian sassanides 
region in Kashmir and Baluchistan. Cf. Vol. I. p. 268. 
Th. omata Leech (Vol. I, pi. 72 i) presumably invades more southern territories in Central China. — omala. 
It flies as formosana Mats, in Formosa, distinguished by its larger size, the absence of the spot on the $ forewing, lormosana 
and the greater extent of the submarginal spots on the forewing beneath. - Another species, leechi Nic.. which 
has remained unknown to me, was discovered in the Khasia Hills; cf. the footnote on p. 968. 
46. Genus: Cliaetoproeta Nic. 
It is directly attached to Zephyrus quercus to which species also the only species known of the genus 
is similar. The genus, however, differs from the Zephyrus in the upper discocellular of the forewing proceeding 
in the $ and $ from the subcostal vein exactly at the upper cell-angle; whereas in Zephyrus it branches 
off a little behind the cell-end, which is very rarely the case in other lepidoptera. 
Ch. odafa Hew. (146 B b) in its size and exterior entirely resembles Zepli. quercus (Vol. I, pi. 74 c, d). odata. 
but chiefly differs in the blue reflection of the $ only covering about the proximal two thirds of the wing, whereby 
a much broader (5 mm) black marginal area is produced; in the $ the blue areas on the hindwing are entirely 
absent, whilst the forewing is almost as in the — This lepidopteron deposits its eggs in oblong lumps 
on walnut-leaves and covers them with a layer of small glossy scales; larva woodlouse-shaped, in its adult 
stage claret-coloured or yellowish-green above dotted (with minute foveae), and covered with fine short hair, 
wdtlr a slightly darker median line, under surface greenish; head retracted, glossy black, behind ochreous, which 
colour extends in a rectangle to the centre of the head. The imagines fly briskly particularly towards evening 
and are difficult to capture in fresh condition, since they are quickly damaged. Western Himalaya. 
47. Genus: EUiaspa Mr. 
The only species upon which this genus is based, looks, as de Niceville says, more like a Morphida 
than like a Theclina, although its colouring is also somewhat similar to that of the Horaga- species. The species 
having been described as Myrina was separated from the allied species (H ypolycaena etc .) owing to the peculiarities 
of the veins: the 1st subcostal branch rises after the 2nd third of the upper cell-wall from the latter; the 2nd 
rises half as far from the base of the middle discocellular as from the origin of the 1st branch; the 3rd is 
short and rises nearer to the apex of the wing than to the place where the upper discocellular is annexed; 
the upper discocellular rises somewhat behind the cell from the subcostal vein (as in the Gerydini , Liphyrini. 
and Poritia, but also in most of the Zephyrus). The species also has the same patria as the latter (the cooler 
districts of Northern India). 
E. milionia Hew. (146 B c). Above sky-blue, forewing with a black apical half into which a large white milionia. 
discal spot projects; also the hindwing with a white demi-band. On the under surface the $ has a narrow, the 
(figured) $ a very broad postmedian band and light marginal rings. Kashmir to Nepal: local and not common : 
the imagines feebly fly around bushes and have but 1 generation. 
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