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This page provides access to all named aberrations of a given species and Goodson & Read (1969) is a key resource in this regard.
Description to be completed.
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This section contains those aberrations that are considered new, and have yet to be formally defined.
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= sinemacula Thiery-Mieg.Le Nat.1910.32.p.154.
Male. No pale patch at the end of the discoidal cell on the upperside of the forewings, therefore unicolorous brown.
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Male. Fuscous except for a pale orange shade at the end of the discoidal cell. This would seem to be the same as Tutt's idea of the male type form.
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Male. Brown with an orange patch at the end of the discoidal cell and two smaller interneural patches beneath.
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Male. Like ab. spinosae Gerhard with three small patches on the forewings, one at the end of the discoidal cell with two smaller ones beneath it, but faintly yellowish instead of orange.
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Male. Like ab. lutea Tutt but the three patches on the forewings faintly grey instead of orange or yellowish.
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Male. Brown with the patch at the end of the discoidal cell whitish.
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Male. The ground colour black instead of the normal brown.
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Female. The orange patch at the end of the discoidal cell is crossed by black nervures.
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Female. The orange patch at the end of the cell narrow and crossed by black nervures.
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Female. The orange patch at the end of the cell broad and crossed by black nervures.
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Female. The orange patch at the end of the cell broad but not crossed by black nervures.
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Female. The orange patch at the end of the cell narrow and not crossed by black nervures.
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Female. The normal orange markings replaced by yellowish.
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Female. On the hindwings a series of interneural streaks, parallel with the margin and pointing towards the base.
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Large specimens above 40mm.
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Small specimens below 30mm.
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Underside. The inner white line on the hindwings is curved upwards at the bottom in the form of a hook.
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On the underside of the hindwings there are two complete white lines, the usually short inner one being completed downwards, and the enclosed area is darker, forming a band.
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On the underside of the hindwings there is only a single transverse line.
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The underside devoid of markings except the discoidal spots. Description from Seitz.
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