DARK GREEN FRITILLARY 
TO 7 
of red as in A . cydippe. 
The former butterfly 
also differs from A. 
cydippe in the absence 
of the sub-marginal 
series of red, silver- 
centred blotches and 
green colouring of the 
basal two-thirds, as 
well as in the lunate 
marginal spots; the 
rest of the ground col- T . ^ n _ . . n 
our 01 tile hind wing is (ab. captured at Brighton, 1903, R. Adkin coll). 
pale ochreous-yellow, 
which forms a plain, unspotted sub-marginal band. 
Female. The female is larger, and the ground colour of a 
more ochreous hue, which becomes whitish at the apex of 
the fore wing ; the fringes also are whitish. All the markings 
are larger and the basal portion of the wings dusky-olive. 
The depth of the ground colour is very variable ; in some it is 
much paler, and the markings and nervures are suffused with 
dusky scales. On the under side the apical silver spots on 
the fore wing are more pronounced, and in some specimens the 
fulvous ground colour has almost a rosy bloom. The green 
of the hind wing also varies from a pale golden-green to dull 
olive-green. 
Life of Imago. 
This vigorous but¬ 
terfly lives for 
about six weeks. 
Aberration. The 
aberration in A. 
aglaia is analogous 
to that of A . 
cydippe . The 
markings some¬ 
times become 
quaintly trans¬ 
formed, producing 
extreme aberrant 
The Dark Green Fritillary 
(ab. Charlotta, New Forest, 1893). 
