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SATYRIDAE 
This has no sexual androconial scales. A large light fulvous 
patch occupies most of the outer half of the fore wing and 
encloses a large white-pupilled black spot, often bi-pupiUed ; 
in the middle of the wing there is more or less a fulvous 
clouding. The hind wing has a broad, somewhat indistinct 
fulvous or greyish band beyond the middle ; in some specimens 
it is very distinct, in others it is hardly discernible. 
Life of Imago. Although I have had this butterfly living 
for over forty days in captivity, in a wild state its life is 
comparatively short, probably not exceeding twenty-one days. 
Aberration. This is extensive ; sometimes the male has 
a well-developed fulvous patch in the fore wing, closely re¬ 
sembling that of the female. This patch in the female is 
very variable in extent as well as colour, varying from almost 
white to deep fulvous. The ocellated spot is very variable 
in size, and occasionally one or more spots appear below in 
the spaces between the nervures ; these more often occur 
on the under side. 
In rare instances the ground colour is replaced by pale 
buff, with the normal fulvous markings remaining, and in 
very rare cases the ground colour is a delicate lilac-grey. 
Partial albinism is of frequent occurrence in this butterfly, 
the white colouration appearing on one or more wings. 
Sometimes the whole of one wing is white, or both wings 
white on one side, or both fore wings, or both hind wings 
are white or partly white. More rarely are all four wings 
symmetrically marked and occasionally specimens are rayed 
with white. 
This peculiar partial albinism has been supposed to be 
due to damp affecting part of the pupa, or to pressure 
or some other external injury, but this is not likely to be 
the cause, as frequently only one hind wing is bleached, 
and if such was caused by external injury or other external 
cause, the fore wing would likewise be affected as it covers 
the hind wing. 
Gynandromorphism is exceedingly rare in this common 
butterfly. 
