GENUS. NYMPHALIS, _Latr. God._ Papilio (Nymphalis Phal.), _Drury_.
NYMPHALIS PERSEIS. Alis dentatis, utrinque nigris disco communi testaceo;
anticis maculis duabus fasciâque, posticis punctis marginalibus
ochraceis. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Papilio (Nymphalis Phal.) Perseis, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2. _Herbst.
tab._ 137. _fig._ 5. 6.
Papilio (Nymph.) Persea, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 137. _No._ 423.
_Enc. Méth._ ix. _p._ 391.
HABITAT: Sierra Leone.
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black. Thorax and abdomen black, spotted with
white. Anterior wings black, the tips edged with white; two pale
lemon-coloured spots are situated in the centre of the wings, one being
long, the other round; between which and the tips is a long lemon streak,
extending from the anterior almost to the external edges; a large patch
of a dull red is also placed on the hinder part of the wings, extending
along the posterior edges from the shoulders almost to the lower corners.
Posterior {40}wings dull red-coloured, bordered with black, whereon are
seven small white spots placed along the external edges, and reaching
from the upper to the abdominal corners. All the wings are dentated.
_Under Side._ Palpi yellow. Breast white. Legs brown. Thighs white.
Anterior wings marked as on the upper side, but the colours are much
duller. Posterior wings dirty red, bordered with black, whereon are eight
white spots, larger than those on the upper side; the colours of the
whole being much duller and fainter than on that side.