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132. CHERITRA FREJA JAFFRA, De N. and E. Cherttra 
pseudojaffra, M. 
The race jaffra is also found in S. India ; freja is found in 
N. India, Burma, Malaya, etc. Fruhstorfer says psendojaffra 
is the S. Indian and Ceylon race of freja. It is smaller than 
yaffra. 
De Nicéville writes: “Of the characters given as distin- 
guishing this species, I find that the colouration of the 
under side is the only constant one, the rest being variable. 
This single character is very slight, and it would perhaps 
have been better to have treated C. jaffra as a local race 
only of C. freja. I do not understand how Mr. Moore 
could have described C. pseudojaffra as a distinct species. 
My Ceylon specimens are identical with S. Indian ones of 
C.jaffra.” The illustrations of jaffra in “Lepidoptera Indica’ ’ 
match our specimens. Evans says the Ceylon race only 
differs from jaffra in size. 
Not rare in the low-country of Uva, but has a habit 
of settling too high for an ordinary net to reach. Generally 
several will be found together. 
I have taken it at Wellawaya, Telulla, Tanamalwila, 
Kumbukkan, and Hambegama, in the low-country of Uva, 
and have specimens from Ratnapura. 
133. RATHINDA AMoR. Also found in India. 
Found all over the Island, from sea level to 3,000 feet at 
least. Fairly common at Haldummulla. Plentiful at Galle 
and Jaffna. 
Settles on bushes, and flies a very short distance if 
disturbed. I have seen the larva feeding on Ixora blossom 
at Galle, and the red protuberances exactly matched the 
unopened buds. 
134. HOoORAGA ONYX CINGALENSIS, E. Horaga ciniata, M.: 
Horaga cingalensis, De N. 
Peculiar to Ceylon, but possibly only an insular race of 
the Indian H. onyx. It differs in the narrower white discal 
band on the under side of the hind wing, in having the upper 
tail much shorter, and in its brighter blue colour. Usually 
