PLATE XIV.
NYMPHALIS BOLINA.
Plate [XIV]. fig. 1. 2.
Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: Nymphalidæ.
Genus. Nymphalis. Latr. God. Papilio (Nymphal. Phal.), Linn. Drury.
Nymphalis Bolina. Alis dentatis, supra nigris, anticis maculis duabus, posticis solitariâ magnâ, cœruleo-albis, subtus corticinis fascià albâ. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 6 lin.)
Syn. Papilio (Nymph. Ph.) Bolina, Linn. Syst. Nat. 2. p. 781. No. 188. Cramer, pl. 65. fig. E. F. Herbst. Pap. tab. 244. fig. 3. 4. Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 126. No. 384. Latr. et God. (Enc. Méth.) ix. 396. No. 157. (Nymphalis Bol.)
Habitat: Bombay, Surinam, all the West Indian Islands, New York, Carolina, Brazil, Cape of Good Hope, Malabar, Coromandel, China, Ceylon (Drury). "In Indiæ orientalis Portulaca" (Fabr.). Cayenne (Enc. Méth.).
Upper Side. Three white spots, one before, and two behind, on the head, which, with the thorax and abdomen, is of a blackish brown. Wings dentated, and of a dark chocolate colour, almost black; but when held against the light, in a certain direction, display a blueish purple. Anterior wings, in the middle, having a large oval, and another smaller oblong white spot at the tips. Posterior wings with a large white spot, larger than that in the superior ones. On the edges of all these spots, the purple colour before-mentioned, is very conspicuous.