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Mackinnon, “it is rare in Masuri; but very common in the Dhoon almost through¬ 
out the year, especially the rains brood which flies in August and September” 
(J. Bombay, N. H. S. 1898, 590). Capt. A. M. Lang found it “abundant in 
Oudh. I have seen none in the Hills ” (Ent. Mo. Mag. 1864, 108). Mr. H. J. 
Elwes records Phryne as being “common in Sikkim, up to 5,000 feet elevation, 
throughout the season” (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1888, 417), Mr. L. de Niceville says it is 
“a common species in the low valleys of Sikkim and up to 5,000 feet. It is subject 
to very great seasonal variability ; the form flying in the spring is small and very 
pale, that in the rains is very large, dark, and richly coloured ” (Sikkim Gaz. 1894, 
168). Mr. K. Hunter found the larva and reared the imago of the dry-season form 
(Hira) at Saugor in March, the larva feeding on the “ Koringe ” (MS. Note). At 
Allipore, near Calcutta, Mr. Arthur Grote found and reared the larva. It fed on 
Zizyphus scandens and Napeia scabrci. Mr. J. ilothney records it as being “ common 
in Barrackpur Bark, near Calcutta, in the rainy-season, being fond of flowers, 
especially of Duranta Plumieri ” (Ent. Mo. Mag. 1882, 35). Mr. L. de Niceville also 
records it as “ common in the neighbourhood of Calcutta, the larva feeding on Gapparis 
horridci ” (J. As. Soc. Beng. 1885, 50). In Orissa, Mr. W. C. Taylor found it 
44 very common at Korda ” (List, 1888, p. 15). Col. C. Swinhoe records Phryne 
from the Khasias (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1893, 309). “ A single male Phryne was taken at 
Silcuri, Cachar, in July” (J. As. Soc. Beng. 1886, 372). Col. C. Swinhoe records 
Pryne as “ common everywhere in Bombay and the Dekkan ; Zeuxippe at Poona 
from April to June, and at Belgaum; Gassida at Poona from October to April; 
\pallida at Poona in January and February, and in Bombay also in February” 
(P. Z. S. 1885, 137). Col. Swinhoe also obtained 44 Phryne at Mhow from September 
to November; Zeuxippe from April to June, and Gassida from November to May” 
(l.c. 1886, 431). Messrs. Davidson and Aitken record the butterfly as 44 very 
common in the N. Kanara District, S. India, but much less so in the monsoon than 
in the dry-season. The larva is green, and the pupa green with brown and white 
edgings. Feeds on Capparis ” (J. Bombay N. H. S. 1896, 574). Mr. G. E. 
Hampson records it from the Nilgiris (J. As. Soc. Beng. 1888, 362). Mr. H. S. 
Ferguson found it 44 common in Travancore, both in the low country and Hills ” 
(J. Bomb. N. H. Soc. 1891, 444). In Ceylon, Mr. E. M. Mackwood obtained it “ in 
low country and Hills; chiefly from 2,000 to 4,000 feet elevation, not frequently 
beyond. Capt. Hutchison took it in Colombo and on the road from Kandy to 
Trincomalie. Plains, both in cultivated land and forest. Not at all common. Has 
a slow uncertain flight ” (Lep. Ceylon, i. 136). Dr. N. Manders says 44 R. Nerissa is 
very common in Ceylon, although scarcer in some seasons than in others, and occurs 
at all elevations. It is highly seasonally dimorphic, and the larva feeds on Gapparis ” 
(J. As. Soc. Beng. 1899, 220). 
