barberae. 
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CUPIDO. By Dr. C. Aurivillius. 
Thirteenth Group. 
Oraidium- group. 
Eyes bare? Hindwing rounded off without a small tail. Forewing with but 10 veins, veins 8 and 9 
being absent; vein 11 runs separately. 
The only species belonging hereto is so similar to C. metophis that even Butler declared it to be 
merely a form of it. But as the forewing shows a different neuration and the male genital organ, owing to 
Bethune-Baker’s examination (1914), is also different, I have decided to retain this group. The species not 
being at hand, I have not been able to examine the eyes. 
C. barberae Trim, is the smallest of all the species of Cupido in Africa. Wings above dark brown with 
long, white fringes which are spotted brown at the ends of the veins. Wings beneath marked almost as in C. 
metophis , but the spots somewhat darker than the ground-colour. Forewing in area 9 (between the veins 7 and 10) 
with a cliscal spot which is absent in metophis. Hindwing almost as in metophis and with the same large, black 
marginal dots in 2 to 5; the subbasal dots are darker and more distinct than in metophis. Cape Colony to Natal. 
Fourteenth Group. 
Neochrysops- group. 
The species of this group, as Bethune-Baker has shown, are very closely allied to those of the following 
group, but they differ so much in the marking beneath that I regard them to be a separate group. 
Eyes pubescent. Palpi with appressed scales; second joint beneath without or with but few bristly 
hairs. Frons white or in the centre yellowish ; the rows of bristles are but feebly developed. Vein 11 of forewing 
separate and almost straight; vein 7 terminates into the apex of the wing. The under surface at least 
partly shows a yellowish ground-colour and in all the species a similar marking. Forewing beneath as far as 
the apex of the discal cell without spots; central spot black and moderately large or (2) very large; the 5 to 7 
discal spots (in [1 b], 2 to 6 [9]) are arranged in such a way that the spots 1 b and 4 are nearer to the 
margin than the others; all of them are separate and with or without a white ring; marginal area without 
markings or with a black submarginal line (or such streaks) and indistinct marginal spots. Hindwing beneath 
with 4 roundish black subbasal dots in 1 a, 1 b, 7, and in the discal cell (the dot in 1 c seems to be always 
absent), a large central spot and seven separate, almost rounded, black, often white-encircled discal spots, 
those of the areas 1 c and 4 being nearer to the margin than the others, whilst that in 7 is situate more towards 
the base at the centre of the costal margin. The submarginal line sometimes consists of (orange-)yellow 
bows or streaks in 1 c and 2 and of black ones in 3 to 7, or it is sometimes diffuse and quite yellowish. The 
marginal spot in 2 and sometimes also in 1 b is black with blue scales, the others are indistinct, yellowish or 
quite diffuse. The black marginal line and the fringes, which are jet-black at the base, on both sides form 
a distinct bordering of the surface of the wings. The markings of the under surface show through above in 
all the species and in both sexes. 
Review of the Species. 
A. Forewing beneath with a distinct black submarginal line or submarginal streaks. 
a. Large species with an expanse of 50 to 64 mm. — <$. Wings above of a bright violettish bine with a black 
marginal spot in area 2 of the hindwing. 
*. Hindwing at vein 2 with a tail. Discal spot 4 of forewing elongate, transverse, extended towards 
the margin. Hindwing beneath in area 1 c with a transverse, green-scaled marginal spot and a black 
submarginal streak. C. giganteus. 
**. Hindwing without a tail. Discal spot 4 of forewing roundish, similar to the spots of the areas 3 and 5. 
Hindwing without the black marginal spot in area 1 c. C. stormsi. 
(3. Smaller species with an expanse of 35 to 45 mm. Hindwing without a tail. 
*. Discal spot 4 of forewing elongate and of a slanting position. 
1. Hindwing beneath without a black marginal spot in area 1 c. — Both wings above of a soft 
greyish-blue. 
a. $. Forewing beneath only with 4 discal spots (in 3 to 6). C. rhodesensis. 
b. Forewing beneath with 6 discal spots (in 1 b to 6). C. delicatus. 
2. Hindwing beneath with a black, green-scaled marginal spot in area 1 c. — Both wings above 
light brownish-grey without a blue reflection. C. pecuharis. 
