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with the anal ocellus in the postmedian band. The very wide submarginal band on upperside of forewings 
red-brown; black submarginal spot absent; indicated on underside by a whitish dot. — Oberthur describes 
from Montpellier in France ab. laura (12 e); unicoloured brownish red-yellow on upperside, basal area somewhat 
darker. On hind wings 3 small white spots in apex and 4 black dots in disc. Bands of hindwings indicated by 
small dark lunules. — rf-ab. lutissima Verity occurs at Dusseldorf and closely resembles the $-ab. laura Oberth., 
which Oberthur has illustrated. The whole upperside of wings is yellow-red and the black markings consist 
only of ocellus spot of forewings and a row of round spots on hindwings, as well as a very faint, scarcely 
perceptible indication of a submarginal band. The violet iridescence is very faint. — rf-ab. circumpunctata Cab. 
has very brightly yellow-red, strongly iridescent upperside of wings with blue iridescence, more reddish than 
clytie. Marking of forewings normal; on the other hand hindwings show 5 large round black dots internervally 
between the 2 pale bands towards the margin. Anal eyespot with faint bluish pupil forming the last of the 
row of spots. — Of similar appearance is ab. periommata Cab., but the large black antemarginal spots on upperside 
of hindwings have white pupils. — (J-irradiata Cab. has the upperside of all wings reddish-yellow, darker than 
circumpunctata. Marking of forewings normal whilst on the other hand the wide brown bands of hindwings 
contain black spots in the form of radiations stretching into the yellow submarginal band, their ends being 
rounded off outwardly. Each black mark is decorated in the middle with a more or less pronounced round 
yellow spot. The sheen is bluish violet. Underside darker yellow-red than in the other forms. — J-ab. 
trochoides Cab. also has reddish-yellow wings, but this ground colour is often more or less bleached. The forewings 
show no variation from type, whilst on the other hand the wide brown band of hindwings shows radiating black 
markings. The radiations are sharply separated by yellow markings running along the veins. Underside of all 
wings is brown with olive-green tone and yellow spots. On the upperside the marking of hindwings resembles 
a wheel and the anal eyespot is placed in the last spoke. The sheen is blue, darker than in clytie. — Ground 
of wings is dark black-brown in the <T-ab. iolides Cab. Forewings only show white apical spots. On hindwings 
the white middle band is quite absent both on upper and underside. It is a counterpart to ab. jole of A. iris. 
■— (J-ab. obnubila Cab. has only 7 upper dots on forewings, always very reduced. The 3 lower spots are absent 
or only perceptible by faint grey-brown traces. All wings paler on underside than in normal specimens, more 
reddish-yellow with less bluish admixture. — The ab. hemisilvia Cab. has the wings of the right side similar 
to typical clytie, those of the left however have the colour and markings of the following ab. silvia Cab. The 
specimen shows no signs of hermaphroditism. — ab. silvia Cab. is a clytie with reddish ground colour on upperside 
of wings and ab. silviella Cab. is a dwarf form of a paler clytie. — ab. alceste Cab. resembles silvia Cab., but 
all bands and spots of wings with the exception of the apical, are ochre-yellow or yellowish-brown. — ab. 
alcithoe Cab. resembles clytie, but the middle area of all wings has bands and spots reddish-yellow on upperside. 
Submarginal band of forewings is brownish-red and very wide, and the small decorative submarginal spot is 
almost absent. On hindwings the small submarginal spots are isolated and almost submerged in the ground 
colour of wings. — ab. transvelata Cab. is marked exactly as clytie, but with pale yellow ground colour. On 
hindwings there is only a faint indication above the anal eyespot of the small reddish lunules between the pale 
bands. Undei’side is also marked pale yellow, like the upperside. — ab. magadinensis Gram, is smaller than 
clytie. The dark ground colour is so reduced that one can call it red-yellow. On the hindwings the ground 
colour is suppressed except for a row of round, black spots, from which sometimes dark, often faint rays stretch 
towards the base internervally. The margin consists of a wide red-brown band, free of other marks, similar 
to V. antiopa L. — A quite extreme pale form of clytie, which reminds one of A. sobrina Stick. (Vol. 1, p. 163), 
is $-ab. blankensteini Niepelt from Uskub in Serbia. The ground colour of upperside is bright ochre; the basal 
area of wings to the middle band shaded dull grey; the yellow middle band merges in the ground colour, 
submarginal band indicated grey on all wings as also the postmedian row of spots only indicated as a shadow 
stripe. Underside pale ochre-yellow with scarcely perceptible middle band and the other dark shadings. — ab. 
padana Trti. 'is the form of clytie from Lombardy. Its chief characteristic is that cubitalis 2 projects less 
strongly towards the margin of the wings so that they appear to be more rounded. The general appearance 
is that of a darker clytie, especially on the upperside. — In ab. sheljuzhkoi Trti. from Cogno yellow is the 
predominant colour on forewings and marginal band of hindwings shows dark spots. — ab. clytiella Cab. is a 
dwarf form with blackish ground colour of wings. — ab. transtaeniata Cab. resembles a clytie with blackish 
ground colour, otherwise however exactly similar to ab. transvelata Cab. — ab. punctostipata Cab. resembles ab. 
circumpunctata Cab., but it has blackish ground colour on all wings. — ab. radiolata Cab. is an irradiata Cab. 
with blackish ground colour and ab. roteliata Cab. resembles trochoides Cab., but also with blackish ground 
colour. — ab. deficiens Cab. is a melanotic aberration of clytie. On upperside of forewings there are white 
ante-apical marks, a whitish antemarginal spot and brownish costal spots, other spots are typical or absent or 
only faintly developed. — rf-ab. leucothea is quite similar to clytie, but the bands and the spots of all wings 
are white as in ilia and not yellow brown. — The forms described as J-ab. semialba Cab. and subalbata Cab. 
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laura. 
lutissima. 
circum¬ 
punctata. 
periom¬ 
mata. 
irradiata. 
trochoides. 
iolides. 
obnubilc ■ 
hemisilvia. 
silvia. 
silviella. 
alceste. 
alcitlioe. 
transvelata. 
maejadincn- 
sis. 
blanken¬ 
steini. 
padana. 
sheljuzhkoi. 
clytiella. 
trans- 
taeniala. 
punctosti¬ 
pata. 
radiolata. 
roteliata. 
deficiens. 
leucothea. 
