GENUS. NYMPHALIS, _Latr. God._ Papilio (Nymphalis Phal.), _Drury_.
NYMPHALIS JACINTHA. Alis dentatis fuscis, anticis maculis albo-coeruleis
omnibusque strigâ punctorum, fasciâ intùs crenatâ, lunulisque apicalibus
albidis. (Expans. Alar. 4 unc. 6 lin.)
SYN. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Jacintha, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2. _Fabr. Ent.
Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 111. _No._ 342. [female]?
Papilio N. Liria, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 126. 385. [male]? _Enc.
Méth._ ix. _p._ 395. (Nymphalis Liria).
Papilio Perimale, _Cramer_, _pl._ 65. _fig._ C. D. _pl._ 67. _fig._ B.
HABITAT: Bombay (_Drury_).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black; having two small white spots placed at the
base, and three others behind them. Thorax and abdomen blackish brown.
Anterior wings, at the base, very dark brown, tinctured with liver
colour, but at the external edges lighter, and of an orange tinge; having
six small white spots placed parallel with the edge, but at a small
distance from it. Near the middle of these wings are four small blue
spots, when the insect is held in a particular direction. Posterior wings
darkest at the base, but the other parts are of an olive brown; the
external edges are fringed with white, having a row of cream-coloured
crescents above, and another row of cream spots above that, placed two
and two, with seven small white spots placed above the whole. All the
wings are dentated.
_Under Side._ Legs brown. Thighs white. Breast and abdomen whitish. Wings
brown olive, darkest next the body, with the same cream-coloured spots as
on the upper side, but a little fainter.