Under Side. Palpi and tongue black. Breast the same, the sides having streaks of red on them. Abdomen black, and the sides streaked with red. Wings nearly the same colour as on the upper side; the red spots on the posterior ones being more numerous, and those at the abdominal corners not so large.
PLATE X.
NYMPHALIS (CHARAXES) ETESIPE.
Plate [X].
Order: Lepidoptera, Linn. Section: Diurna, Latr. Family: Nymphalidæ, Swainson.
Genus. Nymphalis, Latr. Papilio (Eq. achiv.) Linn. Drury. Papilio Nymphalis, Fabr. (Subgenus: Charaxes, Boisduval.)
Nymphalis (Charaxes) Etesipe. Alis supra atro-cœruleis, subtus albo griseo nigro ferrugineoque marmoratis; utrinque fasciâ albâ, mediâ, anticarum interruptâ. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 6 lin.)
Syn. Nymphalis Etesipe, Latr. & God. Enc. Méth. ix. p. 355. No. 19.
Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Etheocles, Drury, App. vol. 3. (nec Fabricius.)