THECLINAE 
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HYPOLYCAENA 
This species shows very considerable variation, but has not in our opinion yet developed a distinct 
Australian I’ap* In the male the colour of the fore\A’ing above varies from greenish blue to purple, and 
that of tlie hmdwing from blue to purple, according to the angle of light. Some males have a distinct 
patch 01 whitish scales in area la of foreAving above. Sometimes the Avhitish area on foreAvino’ aboA’e in 
the female extends from before vein la to beyond vein 4, and sometimes it is only indicated "^by a feAv 
whitish scales. A dark A'ariety of the male from CooktoAAm Avas named by Staudinger 11. noctula but 
this Avas eAudently only an aberration. ’ " 
187. Hypolycaena danis Felder. (Amboina). 
Though stiueluially almost identical AAUth If. pltovhaSy this s]ieeies has a A^ery different general appear¬ 
ance. Its subspecies include dii'piha from the Aru Is., danisoides from the Key Is., and 7 nilo from the 
Solomons. 
187a. H. danis turneri Waterhouse. Fig. 439. 
Proceedings Liiinean Society N. S. Wales 1902, p. 648. 
Above. FoieAA'ing AAdiite: base, costa and termen, broadly black: cilia black. HindAving AAdiite: base 
narroAvIy and termen broadly, black: a series of subcaudal spots, black, outAA^ardly edged AA’bitish, 
and imvardly edged metallic blue: tails black with tips Avhite: cilia black. 
Beneath. ForeAving as above: margins brown-black: sometimes traces of a terminal band of naiTow 
rings, whitish. HindAving Avhite: base and termen dull black: subcaudal spots as aboA^e (that in area 
la only indicated b}^ its pale margins), but ringed metallic blue: an irregular naiTOAV subtornal line, 
metallic blue: the subcaudal rings sometimes extended as an obscure and diminishing band of faint 
wliitisli rings, to apex. 
Q. Above as in male: costa and termen of foreAving more couA^ex: liindAAung broader. 
Beneath as in male. 
hoc. Cape A^rk 9 11. Thursday Is. 1. Prince of AYales Is. 5 G 7. Banks Is. 2 3. Knranda 12 3 5 
7 11 12. Herberton 2. 38 cf 34 9 . 
The blue scales above at first view are not discernible, but at a certain angle of light are brilliantly 
clear. Some of the females from Kuranda haA-^e a distinct subterminal band of small metallic blue 
rings on both AAungs, beneath. Bred examples of the female shoAv the liindAving beneath rich cream 
instead of Avhite. 
Genus DEUDORIX HeAAutson. 
Illustrations Diumal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, p. 16, 1863. 
ForeAving Avith A’ein 11 free from A’ein 12: A'ein 8 absent: A’ein G arising from end of cell. HindAving 
produced toAvards tornus, and Avitli a single filamentous tail to vein 2: anal lobe Avell developed. Eyes 
hairy. 
Fig. AC. Wing venation 
of Deudorix diovis 
(enlarged). 
Type. Deudorix epijarhas Moore, from India. 
This genus is closely allied to the next, but differs in the absence of a sexmark in the male. The 
position of the subcaudal spot beneath is lAeculiar: instead of being placed as usual just Avithin the 
terminal line, it is upon the subterminal band some distance Avitliin the Aving. 
