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ZEPHYRUS. By M. Gaede. 
taxila. 
sachalinen- 
sis. 
imicolor. 
bellus. 
quercus. 
sidemina. 
desgodinsi. 
pedius. 
neis. 
vallonia. 
zotelisiis. 
sulgeri. 
courvoisieri. 
quercus. 
inter]ecta. 
longicauda. 
violacea. 
albovirgata. 
atab grins. 
enthea. 
eniheoides. 
attilia. 
siibgrisea. 
atillu. 
14. Genus: Zepliyrus Dalm. 
Z. taxila Brem. (Vol. 1, p. 270, pi. 73 g). — sachalinensis $ Mats, is darker green on upper side, margin 
more narrowly black. Underside browner, postdiscal line narrow, submarginal line indicated by grey shading. 
Lines of hindwings also narrower, anal spot pale yellow. Sachalin. — aurorina Oberth. ( = maculata Stgr. i. 1.). 
It was not mentioned in Vol. 1 in regard to this form, that it referred to a $ form. — unicolor $ Kard. Both 
wings without markings on upperside, dark brown. In the form japonica Murr. $ is also devoid of markings 
on upperside, but with a silvery blue dot in orange red of anal angle on underside of hindwings. bellus 2 
Kard. (15 a) has spots like aurorina and besides a wide blue stripe in cell and a longer one below same, 
quercus $ Kard. has the blue streaks of bellus, but the spots are missing. — sidemina Kard. (15 b) has a wide 
band on underside in place of the white middle line. All these forms are from the Amur territory. 
Z. desgodinsi Oberth. (Vol. 1, p. 271, pi. 74 a). Only the $ is illustrated in Vol. 1. The is similar to 
scintillans Leech (pi. 73 li), but the tone of the green colour varies on upperside and the fringes are brown 
instead of white. The 2 shadowy bands on underside are more distinct than in scintillans. 3 42 mm. Ta-tsien-lu. 
Z. pedius Leech (Vol. 1, p. 271, pi. 74 a). In Vol. 1 only the $ is described and illustrated. The <$ is 
fairly similar on upperside to tsangkie Oberth. $ (pi. 74 h), only the black margin on forewings is barely 1 mm 
wide, on hindwings fully 2 mm. Underside is paler, somewhat more finely marked than in the 
Z. neis $ Oberth. (15 b). Similar to tsangkie. Forewings darker, blue basal ray-like marks are situated 
differently. Underside similar to the larger coelistis Leech (Vol. 1, pi. 74 b). Tali (Yunnan). 
Z. vallonia Oberth. ( = hecale Leech ) (15 b). $ dark green on upperside, all wings with wide black 
margins. The vallonia $ has blue basal ray-like streaks on upperside of fore wings like neis but extensive 
yellow spots in disc. Underside naturally very like hecate $ (Vol. 1, p. 271). 36 -38 mm. Ta-tsien-lu. 
Z. zotelistis Oberth. (15 b, c). The B similar to vallonia on upperside, but margin of forewing somewhat 
narrower, the green colour heavily adumbrated. Underside somewhat lighter than vallonia, otherwise very 
similar. The $ probably belonging to same is extensively blue on forewings with 2 orange yellow patches. 
Underside varies somewhat from vallonia. 35 mm. Tze-ku. 
Z. sulgeri $ Oberth. . (15 b). Similar to quercivora Stgr. (Vol. 1, pi. 74 c). The blue basal spot on upperside 
of forewings is similarly formed, but the blue marking on hindwing is missing. The white lines on underside 
of forewing extend further towards the inner margin in sulgeri and the orange red spot at anal angle of hindwings 
is divided in two and between there is a small white spot. 34 mm. Tze-ku. 
Z. courvoisieri Oberth. (15 c). Similar to tsangkie Oberth. (Vol. 1, pi. 74 b). Upperside of <$ a nice blue, 
veins black, margin fairly widely black, broadest at apex of fore wings. Eorewings of $ black brown with a large 
blue basal spot. Hindwings of and $ with fairly long tails. Underside dark reddish brown with 2 white 
submarginal lines on forewings. Hindwings like tsangkie. 36 mm. Ta-tsien-lu, Tien-tsuen. 
Z. quercus L. (Vol. 1, p. 272, pi. 74 c, d). The extremes of variation according to Verity are the 
typical northern race and iberica Stgr. — interjecta Vrty. from mid-Italy is half-way between. It has neither 
the brownish underside with extensive black markings and orange red lunae of the one nor the pale pearly grey 
underside with indistinct markings and yellow lunae of the other. longicauda $ Riley from N. W. Persia is 
larger than type. Upperside. brilliantly coloured, tails double as long. Underside paler grey, white line straighter. 
Submarginal spot at inner margin of forewings large, the others extinct. The anal lobes on hindwings are large. 
— violacea $ Niep. is not a dark violet on upperside, but a nice glossy blue like the basal patch of forewings 
of $. - albovirgata Oberth. has a wide white band on underside of hindwings. 
Z. atabyrius Oberth. (15 c). Similar to pedius owing to the pale underside. But very different on 
upperside through the blue-violet ground colour with wide black margin. Differing from pedius on underside 
of hindwing by the compression in the middle of the outer line; anterior to the 2 of pedius there is a third 
marginal line. 36 mm. Ta-tsien-lu. 
Z. enthea Jans. (15 d). Vol. 1. p. 272). In the typical form from Japan and Amur the forewing has 
only 2 faintly pale patches, fringes have no white inner line and on underside of fore wings the round basal spot 
is not so extremely large. Oberthur separates the Chinese form as entheoides. In it the forewing is heavily 
spotted with white; this is the form illustrated in Vol. 1, pi. 74 e. The genuine enthea, which we are illustrating 
now, is scarcely different on the underside except for the basal spot of forewings. 
Z. attilia Brem. (Vol. 1, p. 272, pi. 74 d). - In subgrisea WHem. the dark marking of the underside 
reflects through translucently on upperside. On underside the form is distinctly different by the orange-vellow 
borderation of the marginal spots near to the inner margin of forewings. Japan. 
Z. atilla $ Oberth. (15 d). Upperside not materially different from attilia Brem. (Vol. 1, pi. 74 d). Ground 
colour of underside is lighter. The outer black band of forewings more arcuate. The same band on hindwings 
much narrower, more inclined to be dissolved into spots, more heavily marked with orange red at anal angle. 
$ 34 mm. Siao-lu. 
