Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: Nymphalidæ, Swainson.
Genus. Hipparchia, Fabr. Satyrus, Latr. et God. Papilio (Danai Festivi), Drury.
Hipparchia Eumea. Alis integris subfuscis, anticis utrinque strigâ latâ fulvâ, subtus serie communi punctorum alborum. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc.)
Syn. Papilio (Dan. Festiv.) Eumeus, Drury, App. to v. 2. (1773). Cramer, pl. 183. fig. C. D.
Pap. (Nymphal.) Gripus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. 149. No. 457. Herbst. Pap. tab. 135. No. 3. 4.
Satyrus Gripus, Latr. et God. Enc. Méth. v. ix. p. 497. No. 70.
Habitat: China (Drury). India (Fabricius).
Upper Side. The wings are entire, and of a deep brown, with a broad luteous fascia, rising near the anterior edges of the fore wings, running along near the tips, and ending at the external margin.
Under Side. The wings are the same colours as on the upper side. The anterior, with five whitish spots on each, placed in a row, near the external margin. The posterior have on each sometimes five, and sometimes seven spots, of the same colour, placed in a circular row, meeting near the extremity of the body.
I have reverted to the name given by Drury, in preference to following Fabricius, and the authors of the Encyclopédie Méthodique.