PLATE VIII.

NYMPHALIS SALMACIS.

Plate [VIII]. fig. 1, 2.

Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: Nymphalidæ, Sw.

Genus. Nymphalis, Latr. God. Papilio (Nymphalis Phal.), Drury, &c.

Nymphalis Salmacis. Alis dentatis, supra nigris disco cœruleo-radiatis, subtus fuscis; fasciâ strigâque maculari albidis (♀). (Expans. Alar. 4 unc. 3 lin.)

Syn. Papilio (Nymph. Ph.) Salmacis, Drury, App. vol. 2. Herbst. tab. 166. f. 5. 6. Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 132. No. 408.

Papilio Omphale, Stoll. Suppl. Cram. pl. 26. f. 1. 1. A.

Habitat: Sierra Leone (Drury). Amboina (Stoll.).