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CUPIDO. By Dr. C. Aurivillius. 
butha. 
cloUmani. 
ntermedius. 
pier on. 
letsea. 
lerothodi. 
skotios. 
cinereus. 
jefferyi. 
C. butha Strand is described as follows: ,,The most closely allied to C. reichenowi Dew., but distinguished 
by the following. Size larger (expanse of wings 30 mm), the blue colouring above seems to be somewhat intenser, 
and the markings of the underside do not show through or only scarcely; the black discocellular spot of the 
forewing forms a very narrow transverse crescent; both wings with a black marginal band of lj4 mm width, 
in the eyespot of the hindwing the black pupil is larger, but the orange border is narrower and only present 
on the inner side. On both wings beneath the ground-colour is more greyish, the dark markings are smaller 
and less distinctly marked; the discocellular spot of the forewing forms a narrow, curved transverse stripe; 
the postmedian transverse band is composed of six small, roundish, partly not contiguous spots, and at the 
margin there are close to each other two almost equally broad black marginal bands, the interior of which is 
formed by somewhat crescentiform spots; on the hindwing beneath there are, in the same arrangement as in 
reichenowi, five jet-black spots which, however, are much smaller, and the two at the proximal margin are 
besides more remote from each other, whilst that in the cell is not elongate; the discocellular spot is separate 
and shaped like in the forewing, and,at some distance from it there is a postmedian transverse band formed 
by six small, roundish, separate blackish spots, similar to that of the forewing and feebly S-curved. At the 
margin, like in the forewing, two dark bands being situate close together (beside the dark marginal line) and, 
like above, with a large eyespot inside bordered with reddish-yellow and at the exterior edge dusted in a bright 
pale blue.“ Gold Coast. 
The following very numerous species have nearly all the same marking beneath (see above on p. 475, 476) and can 
only be distinguished by often recurring very insignificant marks, the stability of which is still rather unknown. In describing 
the species I have therefore merely stated those marks different from the normal marking or having not yet been mentioned in 
the review of the species. Regarding the order of the species I have followed rather exactly Bethuxe-B akers monography. 
C. dollmani B.-Bak. (1* e). $. Wings above bluish-green with a dark marginal band of about 4 mm 
width and a dark costal-marginal band of the foreving reaching to the diseal cell. All the discal spots beneath 
are rounded and almost black. Hindwmg beneath with a minute black marginal dot in 1 b and 1 c close at 
vein 1 b. $ unknown. Rhodesia. 
C. intermedius B.-Bak. (74 b). <$. Wings above light brown with a violet reflection and the markings 
showing through from beneath. Hindwmg beneath recalling that of C. asteris and trimeni by the large and 
elongate, almost black discal spots 4 and 5. Hindwing above with two postmedian transverse rows of white 
spots. Portuguese East Africa. 
Li 
C. pteron B.-Bak. is unknown to me. In the the wings above are light greyish-violet with a dark 
median spot of the forewing and a fine marginal band on both wings. Under surface light grey with hardly 
darker discal spots. Ivavirondo. A 
C. letsea Trim. (= fumosus Bull.) (73 k). Wings above in both sexes uni-coloured, brown with a 
black, proximally yellow edged marginal spot in area 2 of the hindwing, in the $ also in 1 c a yellow spot. 
Under surface brownish-grey with normal marking; a black marginal dot in area 1 c close at vein 1 b. Cape 
Colony, Rhodesia, Somali Land. 
C. lerothodi Trim. Wings above uni-coloured dark brown without any spots. Under surface somewhat 
lighter greyish-brown with almost black, white-ringed discal spots and indistinct marginal spots without distinct 
yellow bordering. Basuto Land. 
C. skotios Druce. Wings above uni-coloured dark brown without markings. Under surface scarcely 
lighter than the upper, with slightly darker discal spots with whitish-grey rings, and a distinct black marginal 
spot in 2 bordered with orange. North-West Rhodesia. 
C. cinereus B.-Bak. Wings abo/e light brownish-grey with a black marginal spot in area 2 of 
the hindwing. Under surface with normal markings, but the marginal spot in 2 indistinctly bordered with 
yellow. North-West Rhodesia. 
C, jefferyi Swicstra. This species having been described already in 1909 is not mentioned by Bethune- 
Baker, but as Swiestra himself presumes it must be closely allied to the preceding four species. According 
to the description, the wings above are olive-brown with an intense violet reflection and dark-brown margins; 
forewing everywhere with a violet reflection, and with a dark transverse streak at the end of the discal cell; 
hindwing with a black spot in area 2, at the apex and proximal margin brown; no fine tail; fringes of the 
wings brown, distally whitish; marking beneath normal, the discal spots slightly darker than the ground¬ 
colour. The author continues: most closely 7 ' allied to C. skotios Druce, but above distinguished by the violet 
reflection of the upper surface and the white fringes, and beneath by the grey (instead of olive-brown ground¬ 
colour with less distinct markings as well as by the scarcely noticeable white, sagittiform spots on the 
interior side of the submarginal bows of the hindwing, which are distinct in C. skotios. Size about 38 mm. 
