NYMPHALIS (CHARAXES) POLLUX.
Plate [XXX]. fig. 1, 2.
Order: Lepidoptera, Linn. Section: Diurna, Latr. Family: Nymphalidæ, Swains.
Genus. Nymphalis, Latr. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.), Drury. (Subgenus: Charaxes, Boisduval.)
Nymphalis (Charaxes) Pollux. Alis supra fulvis, limbo postico latè nigro, subtus ad basin ferrugineis, annulis fasciâque albis. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 9 lin.)
Syn. Papilio Pollux, Cram. pl. 37. fig. C. D. Herbst. Pap. t. 63. f. 3. 4.
Papilio (N.) Castor, Fabr. Gen. Ins. Mant. p. 251. Donovan Nat. Repos. 4. 116.
Papilio (Nymph. Ph.) Camulus, Drury, App. vol. 3.
Habitat: "Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1776" (Drury's MSS.).
Upper Side. Antennae black. Thorax and abdomen red-brown. Anterior wings brown-orange, with a small round black spot near the middle, and another fainter and smaller a little beneath it. Along the anterior edges are several black marks and patches joining together; these wings are bordered with black, having along the external edges some small faint orange-brown spots. Posterior wings corresponding exactly with the anterior, and furnished with four short tails.