NYMPHALIS ORSIS ♂.
Plate [XVI]. fig. 3.
Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: Nymphalidæ, Swains.
Genus. Nymphalis, Latr. God. Papilio (Nymphalis), Fabr.
Nymphalis Orsis. Alis nigris, (in mare cœruleo-micantibus) strigis tribus macularibus albis, prima et secunda corpus secantibus. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 3 lin.)
Syn. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Orsis, Drury, App. vol. 3.
Papilio (N.) Oisis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 124. No. 378. (♂.) Enc. Méth. ix. p. 381. No. 102. (Nymphalis O.)
Papilio N. Blandina, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 129. (♀.) Donovan Ins. India, No. 2. pl. 1. f. 3.
Habitat: Brazil (Drury, &c.). In Indiis (Fabr.). East India (Donovan, erroneously).
Upper Side. Antennæ, thorax, and abdomen brown, the latter having six spots on it. Wings very dark changeable blue; anterior having a pale streak crossing them a little way on each side the thorax, with several other small ones on other parts.