42 THE BUTTERFLIES OF CEYLON 
It is found in India, China, and Formosa, but not in 
Burma and Malaya. 
C. varunana is the wet season form. The dry season form 
has a clouded brown patch on the under side of’the hind wing. 
Both forms are very common all over Ceylon and fly together 
but the dry season one is the scarcer. They grade perfectly 
into one another. The female of- both forms varies con- 
siderably in the amount of blue. 
It may be taken at Haldummulla all the year round, but 
is only abundant during the NE. monsoon flights, when it 
is often the commonest blue for a few weeks. It is plentiful 
at Nuwara Eliya at times. 
It is sometimes a pest of orange trees in India, as the larvze 
feed on the young shoots. | 
74. CHILADES TROCHILUS, var. PUTLI. Chilades trochilus 
putli, E.; Chilades putlt, M.; Chilades trochtlus, De N. and B. 
Fruhstorfer says that the genitalia prove this to belong to 
the genus Lycena, not Chilades. 
De Nicéville says: “The only difference between typical 
C. trochilus and C. puilt is that the former has the orange 
markings above the marginal black spots on the upper side 
of the hind wing very prominent; while in the latter this 
colour is absent altogether, or replaced by ochreous.” 
Bingham says: ‘“‘ var. putli is only the small Indian form 
which is identical with tvochilus in ground colour and 
markings.” CC. trochilus is found in Europe, Asia, Africa 
and Australia. 
It is so small that it may be easily overlooked, though it 
is generally found fluttering over the shortest grass, or nearly 
bare ground. It is essentially a low-country insect, but I 
took two specimens in 1g16 on this estate (3,000 feet), These 
are both above the average in size. 
Localities: The lawn in front of the Colombo Museum, Jaffna 
(very abundant), Mannar, Hambantota, Wellawaya, etc. 
75. LYC@Nopsis AKASA. Cyaniris akasa, M., DeN, B, E. 
Also found in S India, Java, Sumatra, etc. 
