Plate XIII. fig. 1.3. [female].--2. [male].
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Nymphalidæ, _Swains_.
GENUS. ARGYNNIS, _Fabr. Latr. et God._ Argyreus, _Scop._ Dryades, _Hubn._
Papilio (Nymphales Phalerati), _Linn. Drury_.
ARGYNNIS IDALIA. Alis dentatis, anticis utrinque fulvis nigro-maculatis;
posticis suprà nigro-coeruleis, punctorum serie duplici, subtùs fuscis
costâ baseos maculisque 26 argenteis. (Expans. Alar. [male]. 3 unc. 6
lin.--[female]. 4 unc.)
SYN. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Idalia, _Drury_. _Herbst. Pap. tab._ 252.
253. _Cramer, pl._ 44. _fig._ D. E. F. G. _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. 145.
_No._ 446. _Latr. et God. Enc. Méth._ ix. 263. (Argynnis Id.)
HABITAT: New York (_Drury_); taken on the 28th June. Jamaica (_Enc.
Méth._).
{25}_Upper Side._ Head and thorax of a deep brown orange. Anterior wings
of a dark orange, the anterior and external margins bordered with black;
near the latter are eight white spots on the wings of the female. Above
these, in the female, are five, and in the male six, round black spots;
those of the latter being smallest. Several black waves and streaks are
dispersed on other parts of the wings. Posterior wings of a fine dark
blue, almost black, and slightly dentated; the anterior ones being
entire. Near the external margin is a row of seven cream-coloured spots,
which in the male are red. Above these, is another row of the same number
of cream-coloured spots, situated near the middle of the wings. The base
of these wings is covered with brown orange-coloured hairs.
_Under Side._ Head, breast, and feet dark blue, nearly black. Anterior
wings dark orange, with some triangular silver spots placed along the
external edges, whose upper points are edged with black, and are
generally more distinct in the female than in the male. The several black
waves and streaks seen on the upper side, are here more faint, some being
scarcely visible. Posterior wings of a dark olive brown, with twenty-six
different shaped silver spots on each; one of which, in the centre of the
wing, is divided by a short black line.