Pap. Larydas, Cramer, pl. 282. fig. H. Herbst. tab. 290. f. 1. Latr. & God. Enc. Méth. ix. 619. (Polyommatus Larydas.)
Habitat: Sierra Leone.
Upper Side. Head, thorax, and abdomen black. Wings of a dark mazarine blue, tinged with brown; immaculate. Posterior wings with three small narrow tails to each, which appear to be clusters of small hairs, extending from the wing below the cilia.
Under Side. Palpi, breast, and thighs grey. Wings russet or hair-coloured. Anterior near the tips with a few faint markings. Posterior wings irregularly spotted with black, dark brown, and whitish spots and marks; two black ones being situated next the abdominal corners, and sparkling with small sapphire-coloured specks placed thereon, being scarcely discernible. All the wings are entire.
POLYOMMATUS ISIS.
Plate [III]. fig. 4, 5.
Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: Lycænidæ, Leach.
Genus. Polyommatus, Latr. & God. Hesperia (rur.), Fabr. Argus p. Scop.
Polyommatus Isis. Alis supra violaceo-cœrulescentibus, disco anticarum maculâ, posticarum fasciâ albis; subtus albis; posticis fasciis duabus repandis, et macularum serie nigris, harum duabus internis argentatis ♂. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 3 lin.)
Syn. Papilio (Dan. Festiv.) Isis, Drury, App. vol. 1.