PLATE XVII. Fig. 2 and 3.
Pap. Tiridates, _Fabr. Cramer_, Pl. 161, fig. A, B; _Drury’s Insects_,
iii. Pl. 23, fig. 1, 2; _Donov. Insects of India_, Part iii. Pl. 2,
fig. 3.
Extent of the wings nearly four inches, the surface very dark blue
approaching to black, the nervures brown; beyond the middle are two
transverse rows of small round spots of pale blue, and along the hinder
margin a series of small dull yellow crescents. The ground colour
beneath is brownish-grey, somewhat glossy; the superior wings having
a few transverse waved streaks of black edged with blue towards the
base, then a few yellow streaks succeeded by a pretty regular row of
yellow spots, and on the internal angle are two black spots, partially
or wholly surrounded with blue and surmounted by yellow crescents:
under wings marked in a manner somewhat similar to the upper pair at
the base; the hinder margin with a continuous row of violet ocellated
spots, preceded and followed by a row of yellow lunules; tails rather
short and slender, brown; body dark brown above with four whitish
points on the head, the under side inclining to yellow, antennæ black,
the palpi yellow beneath.
Found in the islands of Java and Amboina.