LYCAENESTHES. By Dr. C. Aurivillius. 
r.i 7 
1. Discal spots beneath large and the proximal dark border-line of the discal spot in 1 b 
of the forewing almost reaches the base of vein 2. L. lithas. 
2. Discal spots beneath smaller; the proximal bordering of the discal spot 1 b of the forewing 
far remote from the base of vein 2. L. thyrsis. 
**. (Y Wings above brown or quite dark violettisli-blue without a special anal-marginal spot of the 
forewing. 
§. Wings above dark brown without a violet reflection. Hindwing beneath without a spot 
in the discal cell. L. leonina. 
§§• <$■ Wings above darker or lighter violettisli-blue, sometimes at the costal and distal margins 
black. 
f. Wings beneath with a brown or dark grey ground-colour. 
o. Hindwing beneath without a spot in the discal cell. L. chirinda. 
L. pauperula. 
oo. Hindwing beneath with a basal spot in the discal cell. 
1. >C J. Forewing above almost as far as the margin dark violettisli-blue. 
L. ligures. 
2. <$. Forewing above with a black marginal band being at least at the apex 
about 2 mm broad. 
a. The black marginal band of the forewing equally broach L. cifra. 
L. alberta. 
b. Marginal band of the forewing towards the anal angle gradually tapering off. 
L. amanica. 
f|. Wings beneath of a light, whitish-grey ground-colour. Discal cell of the hindwing with or 
in the $ often without a basal spot. <§. Forewing above as far as the margin rather 
light violettish-blue. $. Both wings above with distinct black discal spots and a large 
central spot. L. dejinita. 
(h The basal spot in the area 7 of the hindwing is always distinctly prominent, blackish-red, rounded, 
punctiform and encircled by a light ring. 
*. Hindwing beneath with 1 or 2 basal dots ar basal spots in the discal cell. 
§. $. Wings above at least in the basal part distinctly blue. 
f. <$. Wings above as far as or almost as far as the margin dark violettish-blue, at most 
with a fine, black marginal line. 
o. At least one of the basal dots of the hindwing beneath filled up with red or red-brown. 
1. Only the discal spots 7 and 1 b of the hindwing filled up with red. 
L. rubrimaculata. 
2. All the discal spots beneath more or less completely filled up with red. 
L. hobleyi. 
3. The discal spots beneath not filled up with red, of the ground-colour. 
L. lemnos. 
L. loa. 
oo. The three basal dots of the hindwing beneath filled up with black. 
1. Discal spots of hindwing beneath of the ground-colour. L. indefinita. 
2. Discal spots of hindwing beneath more or less filled up with dark, especially 
that in area 7. L. sylvanus. 
tt- <$■ Wings above only at the base blue or at least with a broad black marginal band 
of the forewing. L. millari. 
L. otacilia. 
§§• <$■ Wings above uni-coloured brown without blue. 
a. Hindwing beneath only in area 2 with a black marginal spot. L. minima. 
b. Hindwing beneath with one black, yellow-ringed marginal spot each in 2 to 5. 
L. gemmifera. 
**. <$. Hindwing beneath without a spot in the discal cell. 
§. $. Forewing above as far as the margin dark violet or bluish, at most with a fine black 
marginal line. 
f. The discal spot 7 of the hindwing is like the other discal spots large and angular, not 
or slightly darker than the latter. 
