Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 3

by Dru Drury

Plate [XXXVIII]. fig. 3.

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

Genus. Hipparchia, Fabr. Satyrus, Latr. God. Papilio (Helic. Parn.), Drury.

Hipparchia Andromeda. Alis hyalinis, anticis strigis duabus fuscantibus, posticis apice chermesinis ocello utrinque unico. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 3 lin.)

Syn. Papilio (P.) Andromeda, Fabr. Syst. Ent. 467. No. 107. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 184. No. 569.

Papilio (Hel. Parn.) Menander, Drury, App. vol. 3. Herbst. Pap. t. 84. fig. 6.

Papilio Philis, Cramer, 387. fig. E.

Papilio Pireta, Cramer, pl. 315. fig. A.

Habitat: Jamaica (Drury). Surinam (Enc. Méth.).

Upper Side. Antennæ black. Two small white spots on the neck. Eyes, thorax, and abdomen black. Wings perfectly transparent, the lower part of the posterior beautiful carmine-red; close to the upper corner of these wings is a round black spot encircled with yellow, and a small white one on its edge; another white one, very minute, is also situated just below it, which is barely discernible.