THE BUTTERFLIES OF CEYLON 39 
L. celtis is found is Europe, Asia Minor, and Chitral; 
lepita is found in Assam and the Himalayas; and Jepitoides 
is peculiar to S. India and Ceylon. L. lepita and lepitoides 
differ from celtis in the different shape of the hind wing, 
different shape of the orange band on the fore wing, and the 
absence of an orange spot in interspace 1. L. lepitoides 
differs from /Jepita in having the orange band divided, and 
all the sub-apical spots white, or nearly so. See Plate I., 
fig. 3. 
It is extremely rare, and I have personally only caught 
a single specimen at Haldummulla. I have notes of its 
occurrence at Badulla and Wellawaya, and have received 
specimens from Kandy district. 
Nemeobtune 
69. ABISARA ECHERIUS, var. PRUNOSA, De N. Abisara 
prunosa, M.; Abtsara echerius, B.; Abisara echerius prunosa, 
EB 
De Nicéville says: A. frunosa is typically the darkest 
coloured, and, in the male, the most brilliantly purple 
shot of the group. It is mainly confined to S. India and 
Ceylon. The colour of the male is very difficult to preserve. 
It fades quickly and is usually badly damaged in the net, 
in fact it can only be seen well in freshly bred specimens. 
It is therefore an unsatisfactory feature on which to found a 
race. The markings, especially the black spots on the lower 
wing, show considerable seasonal variation. 
It is almost always found in jungle. During the day- 
time it usually settles on a leaf five or six feet from the 
ground. If disturbed: it flies a yard or two, and settles 
‘again. In the evenings, however, its flight conpletely 
changes, and it darts up and down a jungle path with a quick 
jerky flight, so that I have more than once mistaken it for 
one of the Hesperiide. 
It is most plentiful at Haldummulla during the dry weather 
in the SW. monsoon. I have taken it at Kandy, Jaffna, 
Trincomalie, Galle, Ratnapura, and up to 5,000 feet at 
Haputale. 
