Under Side. Palpi yellow above, and white beneath, tipped with black. Breast, abdomen, and legs white. Wings nearly coloured as on the upper side; posterior having two remarkable oval black velvety spots at the abdominal corners. Wings dentated.
PLATE VII.
NYMPHALIS ISIS.
Plate [VII]. fig. 1, 2.
Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: Nymphalidæ, Swains.
Genus. Nymphalis, Latr. Papilio (Nymph. Gemmat.), Drury.
Nymphalis Isis. Alis fusco-nigris, anticis integris utrinque maculâ disci chermesinâ; posticis dentatis, suprà strigâ marginali albidâ. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 6 lin.)
Syn. Papilio (Dan. Fest.) Isis, Drury, App. vol. 3. (1783.)
Papilio N. Isis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 124. No. 377. (1793.) Donovan Ins. India, pl. 7. fig. 1. 2.