NYMPHALIS SALMACIS. Alis dentatis, supra nigris disco coeruleo-radiatis,
subtus fuscis; fasciâ strigâque maculari albidis ([female]). (Expans.
Alar. 4 unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Papilio (Nymph. Ph.) Salmacis, _Drury, App. vol._ 2. _Herbst. tab._
166. _f._ 5. 6. _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 132. _No._ 408.
Papilio Omphale, _Stoll. Suppl. Cram. pl._ 26. _f._ 1. 1. A.
HABITAT: Sierra Leone (_Drury_). Amboina (_Stoll._).
_Upper Side._ Antennae black. Neck spotted with grey. Thorax and abdomen
black. Anterior wings next the body black brown, but at the tips russet,
or dark hair-coloured; about a quarter of an inch from thence are two
small white spots placed on each wing, near the anterior margin; near the
middle is a short white bar, crossed by the black nerves of the wing,
whose under part joins to a patch of blue which runs to the posterior
margin. Posterior wings next the body black brown, but along the external
edges a little lighter. A white bar on each rises at the abdominal
groove, and runs to the middle of the wing towards the anterior edge,
being margined with blue which seems to shoot in rays; a row of twelve
small white spots runs along the external edge in pairs.
_Under Side._ Palpi, neck, and breast black brown, spotted with white.
Anterior wings russet, darkest next the body; the white spots and bar
being very plain on this side, with the addition of a row of white spots
running half way along the external edges. Posterior wings russet, with
the same marks and spots as on the other side, but rather of a pearl
colour. Margins of the wings dentated, the indentings being white.