PLATE VI.
ARGYNNIS NIPHE.
Plate [VI]. fig. 1.
Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: Nymphalidæ, Swains.
Genus. Argynnis, Fabr. Latr. God. Argyreus, p. Scopoli. Papilio (Nymphal. Phalerati), Linn. Drury.
Argynnis Niphe. Alis supra luteis nigro maculatis, anticis ad apicem cœrulescenti-nigris fasciâ albâ transversâ; posticis subtus viridi, argenteo, nigroque variis, strigâ quinque ocellorum notatis. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 9 lin.)
Syn. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Niphe, Linn. Syst. Nat. 2. 785. No. 208. Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 142. No. 436.
Habitat: China.
Upper Side. The anterior wings near the base are of a brown olive. About half the wings (from the lower angle upwards) are of a dark blue, with many different shaped spots on them, and a white bar running from the anterior edge towards the external one, which, being intersected by the black tendons of the wing, appears like three steps. All the wings are dentated or scolloped. The posterior ones are of a clay colour, with many black spots on them, of various forms. A black border runs along the external edges, narrowed as it approaches the external angle, on which appear two rows of blue spots like crescents, whose convex sides are placed opposite each other.