Common Themis Forester

E. themis agrees with the preceding species [ Euphaedra cyparissa ] in the strongly developed black markings on the under surface, but the submarginal spots on the forewing beneath are placed in a quite straight line and the discal spot in cellule 2 is elongate and stands in the middle of the cellule, or at least reaches the middle. The wings have a black ground-colour above and are green, blue, orange-yellow or whitish to beyond the middle of the hindwing and at the hindmargin of the forewing. The species embraces a large number of aberrations which intergrade without any sharp demarcation, but can usually be distinguished by the characters cited here. themis Hbn. (43 c). Forewing beneath with distinct light subapical band and above with red spot at the base; the subapical band on the upperside of the forewing is in the male gold-yellow, in the female yellow or whitish, moderately large, of uniform breadth or narrower at the costal margin, and consists of 3 or 4 spots in cellules 3–6. Sierra Leone to the Congo. – ab. permixtum Btlr. [now species Euphaedra permixtum] only differs in having the subapical band of the forewing composed of only two spots, in cellules 3 and 4. Gaboon. – ab. justitia Stgr. [ now species Euphaedra justitia] only differs from the preceding in having the yellow subapical band of the forewing very broad and rounded. Lagos to Gaboon. – ab. adonina Hew. …