Plate [XXIII]. fig. 1, 2.
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) Tiridates. Alis supra atro-cœruleis, margine postico lunulis ochraceis, omnium dimidio apicali punctis cœrulescentibus. (Expans. Alar. 4 unc. 3 lin.)
Syn. Papilio (N.) Tiridates, Fabr. Spec. Ins. 2. p. 11. No. 43. Cramer, pl. 162. f. A. B. Herbst. Pap. tab. 62. f. 3. 4. Donovan Ins. India, 3. pl. 2. f. 3.
Nymphalis T., Enc. Méth. ix. p. 354. 14.
Habitat: Amboyna, Java (Fabr. & Enc. Méth.). Brazil (Drury, in text). "Rio Janeiro, Mr. Bonifas, 1766" (Drury's MSS.).
Upper Side. Antennæ black. Head dark brown, with four white spots on the crown. Thorax and abdomen dark brown. Wings fine dark blue, with a number of small light blue spots sprinkled on each wing. The anterior being edged with a row of yellow spots. Posterior wings furnished with four short tails and deeply scolloped, each scollop being edged with yellow.
Under Side. Palpi and abdomen clay-coloured. Breast and legs light hair-coloured. Anterior wings hair-coloured, with several small waved and irregular black lines half crossing them, from the anterior edges to the middle of the wing, each line being edged with blue. A black kidney-shaped spot is also situate next the lower corners, being also edged with blue. Posterior wings coloured as the anterior, and furnished with four short tails, having several irregular black lines on them near the body, which are edged with blue as on the anterior ones.