Plate VI. fig. 1.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Nymphalidæ, _Swains_.
GENUS. ARGYNNIS, _Fabr. Latr. God._ Argyreus, p. _Scopoli_. Papilio
(Nymphal. Phalerati), _Linn. Drury_.
ARGYNNIS NIPHE. Alis supra luteis nigro maculatis, anticis ad apicem
coerulescenti-nigris fasciâ albâ transversâ; posticis subtus viridi,
argenteo, nigroque variis, strigâ quinque ocellorum notatis. (Expans.
Alar. 3 unc. 9 lin.)
SYN. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Niphe, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 2. 785. _No._ 208.
_Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 142. _No._ 436.
HABITAT: China.
_Upper Side._ The anterior wings near the base are of a brown olive.
About half the wings (from the lower angle upwards) are of a dark blue,
with many different shaped spots on them, and a white bar running from
the anterior edge towards the external one, which, being intersected by
the black tendons of the wing, appears like three steps. All the wings
are dentated or scolloped. The posterior ones are of a clay colour, with
many black spots on them, of various forms. A black border runs along the
external edges, narrowed as it approaches the external angle, on which
appear two rows of blue spots like crescents, whose convex sides are
placed opposite each other.
_Under Side._ The white bar on the anterior wings appears as on the upper
side, from whence to the tips is an olive colour, whereon are some silver
spots; the remainder as on the upper side. The posterior wings are of an
olive hue, finely variegated with some white silvery spots and marks. A
line of this colour runs along the external edges almost close to the
scollops, and above that are five round spots of a darker olive, with
small white dots in their centres.
{13}ARGYNNIS TEPHNIA.
Plate VI. fig. 2.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Nymphalidæ, _Swains_.
GENUS. ARGYNNIS, _Fab. Latr. God._ Papilio (Nymph. Phalerat.), _Linn.
Drury_.
ARGYNNIS TEPHNIA. Alis subrotundatis dentatis, supra luteis nigro
maculatis, posticis subtus viridi argenteo nigroque variegatis serie
quinque ocellorum. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Argynnis, _Drury, App. v._ 2. _Herbst. Pap.
t._ 254. _f._ 5. 6.
Papilio Niphe, var. _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 142.
P. Niphe mas. _Cramer, Pap._ 2. _pl._ 14. _f._ D. E.
Argynnis Tephnia, _Latr. et God. Enc. Méth._ ix. _p._ 262. _No._ 18.
HABITAT: China.
_Upper Side._ The wings are of a brown orange, having many black spots,
of different sizes and shapes on them. A black scolloped border runs
along the external edges of the posterior wings, whereon are two rows of
tawny red spots, appearing like crescents, with their convex sides placed
against each other. All the wings are scolloped or dentated.
_Under Side._ The anterior wings, toward the body, are brown orange. The
tips are of a yellowish flesh colour, with some olive spots on them, with
black spots, as on the upper side. The posterior wings are of a yellow
flesh colour, marked with some olive spots, and white marks, which seem
of a silver hue. A margin of olive colour runs along the external edges,
whereon is a row of flesh-coloured crescents (as on the upper side), with
an intersected narrow line above them. Over these, are five round olive
spots, of equal sizes, with a dot of silver in their centres.
The specific name given to this species by Drury, having the priority in
point of date, would have been retained, had it not been identical with
that of the genus to which it belongs. Engramelle and several other authors
have, inadvertently, given it as an inhabitant of the south of Europe.