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in May, Camignin cle Mindanao in July, Davao in February etc. Apparently not so rare as most of the 
Tajuria. — The £ has above a paler blue and before the margin of the hindwing a series of black dots. — In 
vergara Smpr., from Mindanao, the lacks the whitish brightening at the cell-end on the forewing above, and rergara . 
the $ exhibits a less distinct row of dots before the margin of the hindwing. — As both forms fly in Mindanao 
and Felder’s figure does not exhibit the brightening in the forewing of jalajala-rf, they may be merely 
aberrative or dimorphous forms. 
52. Genus: liemelana Mr. 
The only species of this genus deviates from the preceding ones by the Thecla- like shape of the wings 
particularly exhibited in the margin of the hindwing being very convex below the apex. The fore wings are 
also broader and the costa is also very convex right behind the base of the wing, so that almost a lobe is 
produced. The marking beneath — the upper surface shows hardly any marking — strongly recalls a Theda 
or Zephyrus. From Tajuria it also differs in the shorter palps. In spite of these differences the genus has scarcely 
more value than to facilitate the perspicuity. 
R. jangala Hsf. The imago makes entirely the impression of a Theda, but it has 2 very strong tails 
of the hindwing and besides the beginnings of a third. In the £ the upper surface shows in the basal and discal 
areas a bright dark blue gloss, the $ is above uni-coloured dark brown. The under surface likewise exhibits 
the usual colouring and marking of the Theda : a transverse line before the marginal area, a variegated macular 
marking in the anal portion of the hindwing, and mostly also fine cell-end streaks. A remarkable fact is that 
the is mostly much larger than the §. The species is widely distributed and varies considerably according to 
the habitat and season. Typical jangala comes from Java where it is apparently not rare. It is somewhat larger 
than the figured ravata and exhibits also in the $ beneath a more chestnut-brown than yellowish-brown colouring 
and very distinct double cell-end streaks. - - ravata Mr. (146 c, ^ under surface), from Sikkim, is much smaller, 
beneath more yellowish-brown and without the cell-end spots. — Fruhstorfer later on left this name, which 
the author had intended for all the Sikkim-specimens, to the dry season form (as „raraM“!) and gave the larger 
brown rainy season form from Sikkim a new name: phaedra Fruhst. (146 c as ravata and $ upper surface); 
larger than ravata, basal parts of both wings dark blue, distal margin broader black; Sikkim and Assam. — 
— andamanica Wood-M., from the Andamans, is scarcely different; the blue reflection above lacks the slight 
violet hue of Javanese jangala. — travana Hew. (146 B c) is a somewhat larger form from Malacca and Sumatra 
with an intensely blue upper surface and very dark under surface, in which also the anal area of the hindwing 
is darkened excepting some metallic green small scale-spots. — In centa Fruhst., from Nias, the blue colour 
above extends somewhat farthef than in travana, with a slight violet hue; the under surface is more blackish, 
the metallic green colour in the hindwing in the anal region more extensive, of a lighter and brighter green. — 
IntWa. Fruhst., likewise from Java, though from the dry season. Separated from the rainy season form jangala by 
the $ above being light grey and the yellowish-brown under surface. — baweana Fruhst. is a large form, above 
darker blackish-brown than the Javanese, beneath more abundantly marked white in the anal angle, behind 
which there are also large bluish-green spots. Bawean. — huberta Fruhst., from Borneo; both sexes above lighter 
violet than travana. Under surface more yellowish-brown, the subanal lines somewhat broader than in Sumatran 
specimens, but much narrower than in baiveana, and with a somewhat more blue than green gloss. — esra Fruhst. 
( = westermanni Stgr. nec Fldr,) differs from Luzon specimens ( westermanni Fldr.) in less blue on the upper 
surface of the <$. Palawan. — westermanni Fldr. The blue colour above extends nearer to the margin, lighter 
though less reddish than in the Indian form, colour beneath dark greenish-yellow; the transverse line before 
the distal margin is removed nearer to the margin, on the forewing straighter, not reaching to the hind- 
margin. Philippines. — orsolina Heiv. (146 Be) ist much smaller, the blue above in the $ almost lilac, the 
under surface monotonously yellowish-green, without any transverse lines at all, only the anal area of the 
hindwing with black, white and violet markings. From North Celebes. — Fruhstorfer separates from the latter 
form another one from South Celebes as ema; still smaller than orsolina, under surface lighter yellowish, the 
subanal spots more extensively white, the green bands paler and much narrower; from Lompa-Battan, 
taken at an altitude of 3000 ft. — mudra Fruhst. flies in Hongkong; it approaches again more Himalayan spe¬ 
cimens, exhibiting a very dark brown upper surface, almost as in ravata, the apex of the fore wing being even 
almost black. The blue reflection is minute or also cpiite absent. Beneath likewise dark, but the small light 
spots in the anal area are larger than in continental forms. The dark dots there are remarkably large. — hai- 
nanensis Joic. & Talb. Here the blue in the $ above is confined to a small spot at the hind-margin; beneath 
the submedian area is paler, the postdiscal tranverse line finer; the green subanal spots are smaller; in the $ 
the blue above is entirely or almost absent; under surface ochreous-yellow, the postdiscal line duller than in 
the <$. — jangala, in contrast with the mostly very rare Tajuria, is in some districts a very common insect 
(as for instance in Hongkong, in Happy Valley) flying about on bushes about 2 yards high and being easily 
captured. 
j ungala. 
r aval a. 
phaedra. 
andamani¬ 
ca . 
travana. 
centa. 
delta. 
baweana. 
huberta. 
esra. 
westerman¬ 
ni . 
orsolina. 
ema. 
mudra. 
liainanen- 
si-s. 
jangala. 
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