GENUS. NYMPHALIS, _Latr. God._ Papilio (Nymph. Phal.), _Linn. Drury._
Subgenus: Limenitis, _Fabr. Steph._ Naiades, _Hübn._
NYMPHALIS (LIMENITIS) SIBILLA. Alis subdentatis supra atro-coeruleis;
fasciâ maculari albâ; posticis subtus basi cinereo-coerulescente
immaculatis. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 9 lin.)
SYN. Papilio Sibilla, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ ii. 781.
N. Camilla, _Enc. Méth._ ix. _p._ 408. _and of the German
Lepidopterists_.
Papilio (Nymph.) Sibilla var. _Drury_.
HABITAT: Smyrna (_Drury_).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black. Head, thorax, and abdomen black. Between the
eyes are four small white spots. Wings raven black, tinged with green.
Anterior with ten white spots, of different sizes, placed in various
parts; four being next the anterior edge, near the middle of the wings,
and divided only by the nerves. Posterior with a row of long white spots,
placed together, running from the middle of the anterior edges, and
ending a little above the abdominal corners, divided by the nerves. A
range of small black spots, edged with grey, runs parallel with the
external edges of the wings, from the tips to the abdominal corners,
where the last spot is encircled with orange.
{31}_Under Side._ Palpi, legs, breast, and abdomen grey. Anterior wings,
next the body, grey; the remaining parts being dusky olive, with some
dark red streaks placed on various parts; the white spots being very
distinct on this side. Posterior wings, at the base, light grey;
extending almost to the row of white spots, which are seen on this side
as well as on the upper. The remaining parts are dusky olive, with two
rows of faint dark red spots running along the external edges. A range of
small black spots runs parallel with the external edges of all the wings.
All the wings are dentated.
There is a diversity of opinion amongst the German and English
Lepidopterists, relative to the names of this species and the English White
Admiral, to which latter Haworth, Stephens, &c. give the name of Camilla,
but which Illiger, Hubner, &c. term Sibilla. I have adopted the former
nomenclature, although it will be seen that the figure of Drury, which is
the Sibilla of the English nomenclature, exhibits a red spot at the anal
angle, which Curtis considers as the most satisfactory mark of distinction
between the two species. (Brit. Ent. p. 124.)