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CUPIDO. By Dr. C. Aurivillius. 
yiiobe. 
lacrimosus. 
major. 
ariadne. 
blue area at the base and in the centre. Hindwing almost as far as the marginal spots blue; the latter are 
proximally bordered by a blue bow; the marginal spot in 2 is proximally bordered with orange. Expanse 
of wings: 27 to 28 mm.“ British East Africa: Kikuyu. 
Sixteenth Group. 
The Niobe- group. 
The species of this group are allied to those of the preceding, but distinguished by the purely black, 
often small and punctiform discal spots 1 c to 6 of the hindwing, all of which are separated or only partly united. 
Marginal spot 2 of hindwing above and generally also beneath without any proximal yellow border. Vein 11 
invariably separate and straight. Hindwing without a subbasal dot in area 1 c. 
Male scales (androconia) present. 
Review of the Species. 
A. Hindwing not tailed, ground-colour beneath varying from grey to blackish. Discal spot 2 of hindwing near 
to the base of area 2 and almost right behind the median transverse streak. 
a. Wings above in both sexes more or less extensively violet or violettish-blue. 
*. Forewing above without a transverse spot at the end of the discal cell. Submarginal line beneath 
in both wings broad, dark brown, band-shaped, proximally bordered with whitish spots. 
1. Discal spots 1 b to 6 of hindwing small, punctiform; some are sometimes indistinct. Marginal 
spots of hindwing very indistinct, that in 2 sometimes black, but small and not bordered with yellow. 
a. Wings beneath with a dark brownish-grey ground-colour with a distinct whitish transverse 
band between the discal spots and the submarginal band (= the spots proximally bordering 
on the submarginal band). C. niobe. 
b. Wings beneath as far as the submarginal band light grey or in the hindwing whitish, whereby 
the rings of the discal dots and the spots bordering on the submarginal band but feebly contrast 
with the ground-colour. Eyes bare. C. lacrimosus. 
2. Discal spots 1 b to 6 of hindwing of normal size and those of the forewing very large. Ground¬ 
colour beneath very dark, with distinct white markings. C. ariadne. 
**. Forewing above with a dark transverse streak at the end of the discal cell. Submarginal line beneath 
fine, formed of streaks or bows, with small and indistinct proximal spots bordering on it. Marginal 
spots very small, punctiform, or absent. Eyes hairy. C. tantalus. 
(3. Wings above uni-coloured dark brown without markings. 
*. The white spots bordering on the submarginal line in both wings narrow, fine, arcuate. Eyes hairy. 
C. ignotus. 
**. The white spots proximally bordering on the submarginal line are in both wings very large, reaching 
to the discal spots and forming a broad white transverse band distinctly contrasting with the brownish- 
grey ground-colour. C. pephredo. 
B. Hindwing at vein 2 tailed, beneath with a white ground-colour and purely black spots without a light ring 
or marginal spots. Hindwing without a subbasal dot in I c. Marginal spots of hindwing on both sides black, 
roundish or streak-shaped, those in 1 c and 2 beneath covered with metallic scales and besides towards 
the base narrowly bordered with yellow. C. lexicon. 
C. niobe Trim. Under surface particularly at the distal margin dark brown. — U- Wings above dull 
violet without spots, at the margin broadly darkened. — $. Wings above brown, at the base and in the centre 
scaled violet. Cape Colony near Knysna. 
C. lacrimosus B.-Bak. (74 d) only differs from niobe in the ground-colour beneath being much lighter, 
particularly on the hindwing, where the surface is more or less densely clothed with large white scales. Natal, 
Zulu Land, Transvaal. -— major B.-Bak. is larger (44 mm), above of a darker and purer violet, and beneath 
still lighter. Natal. 
C. ariadne Btlr. The spots bordering on the submarginal band in both wings form a distinctly projecting 
white transverse band entirely filling up the space between the dical spots and the marginal band. — U. Wings 
above violettish-blue with a dark marginal band, but without median spots. — $. Wings above brown, at the 
base covered with dull violet scales; hindwing with a postmedian transverse row of bluish spots. Natal, 
