NYMPHALIS EUPALE.
Plate [VI]. fig. 3.
Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: Nymphalidæ, Swains.
Genus. Nymphalis, Latr. Papilio (Nymph. Gemmat.), Drury.
Nymphalis Eupale. Alis supra argenteo-virescentibus, apice saturatiore, subtùs gramineis, punctis marginalibus nigris ocellatis. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 6 lin.)
Syn. Papilio (Pleb. Urbic.) Eupale, Drury, App. vol. 3. (1783.)
Papilio (Nymph.) Amasia, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 136. No. 419. (1793). Encyclop. Méth. ix. p. 389. (Nymphalis A.)
Habitat: Sierra Leone.
Upper Side. Antennæ black. Head and thorax dark greenish brown. Abdomen light green. Half the anterior wings next the body pea-green, the other half much darker green. The posterior wings also pea-green, but next the body paler, with a row of small different shaped brown spots placed along the external edges.
Under Side. Palpi white. Tips black. Tongue green. Legs, breast, and abdomen white. Wings beautiful pea-green, with some different shaped silver spots, very small and dispersed over different parts, particularly two near the tips. Abdominal groove white. These wings are slightly dentated. The anterior ones are entire.