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    You do have the elusive Stibochiona persephone.

    The original description by Staudinger is in German.
    https://archive.org/stream/deutschee...e/451/mode/1up

    Roughly translated, the male is deep black with a white short spot not far from the margin at the apex, white dots on the fringes (?cilia)& two vague blue spots in the middle cell of the forewing.

    It is amazing this is so rare that there are no images on the net.


    TL Seow: Cheers.

    PS. In Lepindex the taxon (taxonomic name) persephone is placed as a junior synonym of schoenbergi
    http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/dat...ch_type=starts

    There is an image of Stibochiona schoenbergi but it is nothing like the original description of S. persephone.
    https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/S...caPlate115.JPG
    Last edited by Psyche; 14-Jan-2019 at 12:12 PM. Reason: PS

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