Zoological Illustrations, Second Series, Volume 3 / or, Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals

by William Swainson

Sub-fam. Theclinæ. Genus Polyommatus. Lat. Sub-genus Lucia. Sw.

Sub-Generic Character.

Wings horizontally lengthened, entire: palpi very slender, ciliate with long hairs, the last joint very minute, scarcely distinguishable. Antennæ with a lengthened club, either cylindrical or compressed. Colours obscure, moth-like.

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Specific Character.

Wings above brown, disk of the anterior fulvous, with two brown spots above, and three beneath, encircled with white: posterior beneath varied with grey and white, with a central band of square brown spots.

Hesp. Lucanus? Fab. Ent. Syst. 3, 1, p. 322. Donovan's Ind. Ins. pl. 43, f. 4?

Mus. Nost.