spots, between which and the dark basal area on the inner side and between it and the broad dark terminal band on the outer side the ground colour is replaced by dingy white. Hindwing: a postdiscal series of white spots, and a subterminal series of inwardly conical very dark brown spots, the posterior spots of which are edged narrowly both on the inner and outer sides with white. Both forewings and hindwings with slender black anteciliary lines. Underside: ground colour a purer white than in the male; markings similar but all narrower and more clearly defined. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen brown, of a paler shade than in the male the thorax not purplish; beneath: palpi, thorax and abdomen white. See also List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae) References Niphanda Taxa named by Lionel de Nicéville Butterflies described in 1884 Butterflies of Asia