BIBLIS UNDULARIS.
Plate [X]. fig. 1, 2.
Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: Nymphalidæ, Sw.
Genus. Biblis, Fabr. Latr. God. Papilio (Nymphalis), Fab. olim. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.), Drury.
Biblis Undularis. Alis dentatis nigris aut fuscis; anticis suprà fasciâ apicali cyaneâ, posticis externe ferrugineis, omnibus subtus ferrugineo undulatis, punctoque costali posticarum albo. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 7 lin.)
Syn. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Undularis, Drury, App. vol. 2. Cramer, pl. 256. fig. A. B. Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 127. No. 389. Enc. Méth. ix. p. 326. (Biblis Und.)
Habitat: East Indies (Drury). Coromandel, Java (Enc. Méth.).
Upper Side. Antennæ brown. Head, thorax, and abdomen brown. Superior wings dark brown, somewhat lighter along the external edges, with an oblong subapical blue streak, beneath which are four oval blue spots placed along the external edges, discernible only when the light falls in a particular direction. Posterior wings reddish clay-coloured, surrounding a dark brown patch placed on the upper part.
Under Side. Breast, abdomen, and legs brown. Wings dark reddish clay, with short red streaks all over the wings, and a white spot placed at the middle of the anterior edges of the posterior wings. Margins of the wings dentated.