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Neptis Fabricius, 1807
Sailers
Neptis Fabricius, 1807; Magazin f. Insektenk. (Illiger) 6: 282, TS: Papilio aceris Esper
Philonoma Billberg, 1820; Enum. Ins. Mus. Billb.: 78 (repl. for Neptis Fabricius, 1807), TS: Papilio aceris Esper
Paraneptis Moore, 1898; Lepidoptera Indica 3 (32): 146, (34): 214, TS: Papilio lucilla Denis & Schiffermüller
Kalkasia Moore, 1898; Lepidoptera Indica 3 (32): 146, TS: Limenitis alwina Bremer & Grey
Hamadryodes Moore, 1898; Lepidoptera Indica 3 (32): 146, (34): 215, TS: Athyma lactaria Butler
Bimbisara Moore, 1898; Lepidoptera Indica 3 (32): 146, TS: Neptis amba Moore
Bimbisara Moore, [1899]; Lepidoptera Indica, 4 (37): 1
Stabrobates Moore, 1898; Lepidoptera Indica 3 (32): 146, TS: Neptis radha Moore
Stabrobates Moore, [1899]; Lepidoptera Indica, 4 (37): 15
Rasalia Moore, 1898; Lepidoptera Indica 3 (32): 146, TS: Athyma gracilis Kirsch
Rasalia Moore, [1899]; Lepidoptera Indica, 4 (39): 44
Neptidomima Holland, 1920; Bull. amer. Mus. nat. Hist. 43 (6) : 116, 164, TS: Neptis exaleuca Karsch
Neptis [Wahlberg]
Neptis (Nymphalidae) ; [BRU2, 20]
Neptis (Neptini) ; [Wahlberg]
Neptis (Limenitidini) ; [AfrL]


[sp-1.jpg] 769x513 (~96Kb) Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko [sp-2u.jpg] 512x341 (~38Kb) upperside India: Itanagar, 13.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar

The exact identification of these species is still unknown, but tentatively assumed to belong into this group.

As usual, combining from multiple sources causes ordering problems.



Neptis jumbah Moore, [1858]
Ceylon, S.India, Bengal, Burma. See [About maps] Chestnut-streaked Sailer
Neptis jumbah Moore, [1858]; in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy (1) : 167, pl. 4, f. 5, TL: Ceylon
?Neptis jumba Moore, 1858; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1858 (347/348): 7
binghami (Fruhstorfer, 1905) (Phaedyma); Ent. Zs. 19 (18): 99
Neptis jumba [Wahlberg]
Neptis jumbah jumbah [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis jumbah ; [BOW: pl. 148, f. 7]; [BOR, 304]

Larva on Leguminosae, Tiliaceae, Malvaceae, (etc.) [BIR]

Sikkim, Assam - Burma Neptis jumbah jumbah ; [BOR, 304]
N. j. nalanda Fruhstorfer, 1908
Ceylon, S.India jumbah nalanda Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 329
Neptis jumbah nalanda ; [BOR, 305]
N. j. amorosca (Fruhstorfer, 1905)
Andamans jumbah amorosca (Fruhstorfer, 1905) (Phaedyma); Ent. Zs. 19 (17): 90, f. 4
Neptis jumbah amorosca ; [BOR, 305]

Neptis nitetis Hewitson, [1868]
Philippines. See [About maps] Neptis nitetis Hewitson, [1868]; Ill. exot. Butts 4: (neptis) pl. 1, f. 5
?carvinus Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 342
?samiola Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 343, TL: Mindoro
?ormiscus Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 343, TL: Bohol
?prodymus Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 343, TL: Bazilan
?gatanga Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 343, TL: Jolo
?anemoreia Fruhstorfer, 1913; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 611 (25 September, 1912), TL: Celebes
Neptis nitetis ; [BOW: pl. 148, f. 15]; [BOR, 305]

Neptis vibusa Semper, 1889
Philippines (Mindanao). See [About maps] Neptis vibusa Semper, 1889; Reisen Philipp. (4): 150, pl. 29, f. 19
Netpis vikasi vibusa ; Fruhstorfer, 1908, Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 349
Neptis vibusa ; [BOR, 305]

Neptis cymela (C. & R. Felder, 1863)
Philippines (Luzon). See [About maps] Athyma cymela C. & R. Felder, 1863; Wien. ent. Monats. 7 (4): 112
Neptis cymela ; [BOR, 305]

Neptis pseudovikasi (Moore, 1899)
NE.India - Burma, N.Indo-China. See [About maps] Bimbisara pseudovikasi Moore, 1899; Lepidoptera Indica, 4 : 7, pl. 291, f. 1
Neptis pseudovikasi [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis pseudovikasi ; [BOR, 305]

Neptis felisimilis Schröder & Treadaway, 1983
Palawan Neptis felisimilis Schröder & Treadaway, 1983; Ent. Zeitschr.: 349-351
Neptis felisimilis ; [BOR, 305]

Neptis harita Moore, [1875]
Bengal, Assam, Burma. See [About maps] Indian Dingiest Sailer Dingiest Sailer
Neptis harita Moore, [1875]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (4): 571, pl. 66, f. 8, TL: East Bengal
Neptis harita harita [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis harita ; [BIR]; [BOR, 305]
NE.India - Peninsular Malaya, N.Indo-China, S.Yunnan Neptis harita harita ; [BOR, 305]; [BMP: 174, pl. 25, f. 20]
N. h. preeyai Kimura, 1993
Neptis harita preeyai [Yutaka Inayoshi]
N. h. mingia Eliot, 1969
Sumatra harita mingia Eliot, 1969; Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 15: 85, TL: Sumatra
Neptis harita mingia ; [BOR, 305]

Neptis ilira Kheil, 1884
-. See [About maps] Neptis ilira Kheil, 1884; Die Rhopalocera der Insel Nias: 24, pl. 3, f. 13-14
Neptis ilira ; [BOR, 305]
Nias Neptis ilira ilira ; [BOR, 305]
N. i. cindia Eliot, 1969
NE.India - Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo, Pulau Tioman Neptis cindia Eliot, 1969; Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 15: 85, pl. 1, f. 8
Neptis tiole Okubo, 1983; Tyô to Ga 33: 175, f. 21-24, TL: Tioman
Neptis ilira cindia [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis ilira cindia ; [BOR, 305]; [BMP: 174, pl. 25, f. 21-22]
N. i. ria Eliot, 1969
Java ilira ria Eliot, 1969; Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 15: 86
Neptis ilira ria ; [BOR, 306]
N. i. palawanica Staudinger, 1889
Philippines (Palawan) ilira palawanica Staudinger, 1889; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 2 (1) : 64
Neptis ilira palawanica ; [BOR, 306]

Neptis celebica (Moore, 1899)
-. See [About maps] Bimbisara celebica Moore, 1899; Lepidoptera Indica, 4 : 11
?dohertyi Rothschild, 1892; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 5 (2) : 438 (preocc. Grose-Smith, 1895)
Neptis celebica ; [BOR, 306]
S.Sulawesi Neptis celebica celebica ; [BOR, 306]
N. c. oresta Fruhstorfer, 1913
N.Sulawesi celebica oresta Fruhstorfer, 1913; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 612 (25 September, 1912)
Neptis celebica oresta ; [BOR, 306]
N. c. arachroa Fruhstorfer, 1913
Sula Is. celebica arachroa Fruhstorfer, 1913; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 611 (25 September, 1912)
Neptis celebica arachroa ; [BOR, 306]

Neptis omeroda Moore, [1875]
-. See [About maps] Neptis omeroda Moore, [1875]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (4): 571
Neptis omeroda omeroda [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis omeroda ; [BOR, 306]
Peninsular Thailand, Malaya, Sumatra, Bangka, Borneo, Java Neptis omeroda omeroda ; [BOR, 306]; [BMP: 173, pl. 25, f. 23-24]
N. o. batunensis Fruhstorfer, 1912
Batu Is. omeroda batunensis Fruhstorfer, 1912; Ent. Rundschau 29 (18): 118
Neptis omeroda batuensis[sic?] ; [BOR, 306]
N. o. kahoga Fruhstorfer, 1908
Nias omeroda kahoga Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 412, TL: Nias
Neptis omeroda kahoga ; [BOR, 306]
N. o. infuscata Hagen, 1898
Mentawai Is. omeroda infuscata Hagen, 1898; Ent. Nachr. 24: 206
Neptis omeroda infuscata ; [BOR, 306]

Neptis vikasi Horsfield, [1829]
Kumaon - Assam, Malaya, Java. See [About maps] Dingy Sailer
Neptis vikasi Horsfield, [1829]; Descr. Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy (2): pl. 5, f. 2, 2a
Neptis vikasi ; [BOW: pl. 148, f. 24]; [BOR, 306]
Java, Bali Neptis vikasi fuscescens Rothschild, 1915; Novit. Zool. 22 (1): 133, TL: Bali
Neptis vikasi vikasi ; [BOR, 306]
N. v. ragusa Eliot, 1969
Sumatra Neptis vikasi ragusa Eliot, 1969; Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 15: 82, TL: Sumatra
Neptis vikasi ragusa ; [BOR, 306]
N. v. sabanga Eliot, 1969
Pulo Weh (Sabang) vikasi sabanga Eliot, 1969; Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 15: 83, TL: Pulo Weh
Neptis vikasi sabanga ; [BOR, 306]
N. v. simaluria van Eecke, 1914
Simalue I. vikasi simaluria van Eecke, 1914; Notes Mus. Leiden 36: 241, TL: Simalur
Neptis vikasi simaluria ; [BOR, 306]
N. v. kheili (Moore, 1899)
Nias Bimbisara vikasi kheili Moore, 1899; Lepidoptera Indica, 4 : 11, TL: Nias
Neptis vikasi kheilii ; [BOR, 306]
N. v. norica Eliot, 1969
Mentawai Is. vikasi norica Eliot, 1969; Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 15: 83, TL: Mentawi Is.
Neptis vikasi norica ; [BOR, 306]

Neptis miah Moore, 1858
W.China, Sikkim - Burma, Assam. See [About maps] Small Yellow Sailer
Neptis miah Moore, 1858; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1858 (347/348): 4, TL: Darjeeling, Sikkim
?Neptis miah Moore, 1857; in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy (1) : 164
Neptis miah [Wahlberg]
Neptis miah ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 148, f. 10]; [BOR, 306]; [MRS, 536]
Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, ?Nepal, Yunnan Neptis miah miah ; [BOR, 306]; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 80 (note)
N. m. nolana Druce, 1874
Burma, Thailand, N.Indo-China Neptis miah nolana Druce, 1874; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (1): 105, TL: Siam
Neptis miah nolana [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis miah nolana ; [BOR 306]; [MRS, 536]
N. m. batara Moore, 1881
Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Sumatra, ?Pulat Laut Neptis batara Moore, 1881; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 29 (3): 310
Bimbisara sarochoa Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 396
Neptis miah batara [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis miah batara ; [BOR, 307]; [BMP: 174, pl. 25, f. 19]
N. m. disopa Swinhoe, 1893
W.China (Sichuan) Neptis disopa Swinhoe, 1893; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 12 (70) : 256
Neptis miah disopa ; [BOR, 307]; [MRS, 536]
N. m. digitia Fruhstorfer, 1905
Borneo miah digitia Fruhstorfer, 1905; Soc. Ent. 20 (7): 50
Neptis miah digitia ; [BOR, 307]
N. m. javanica (Moore, 1899)
Java, Bali miah javanica (Moore, 1899) (Stabrobates); Lepidoptera Indica, 4 : 27
Neptis miah javanica ; [BOR, 307]
N. m. karnyi Corbet, 1942
Mentawai Is. miah karnyi Corbet, 1942; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (11) 9: 620
Neptis miah karnyi ; [BOR, 307]
N. m. varshneyi Smetacek, 2004
Kumaon Neptis miah varshneyi Smetacek, 2004; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 101: (156-162), TL: Kumaon, Bhimtal

Neptis noyala Oberthür, 1906
W.China. See [About maps] Neptis noyala Oberthür, 1906; Étud. Lepid. Comp. 2 : 13
Neptis noyala ; [BOR, 307]; [MRS, 536]
W.China Neptis noyala noyala ; [BOR, 307]
N. n. ikedai Shirôzu, 1953
Taiwan noyala ikedai Shirôzu, 1953; Sieboldia 1 (1952): 25, TL: Formosa
Neptis noyala ikedai ; [BOR, 307]; [MRS, 536]
N. n. qionga Gu & Wang, 1994
Hainan Neptis noyala qionga Gu & Wang, 1994; in Chou, Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2: 765, 536, f. 51, TL: Hainan

Neptis yerburii Butler, 1886
W.China, NW.Himalayas, Kashmir - Assam, Burma. See [About maps] Yerbury's Sailer
Neptis yerburii Butler, 1886; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1886 (3): 360
yerburyi ; [BIR]
Neptis yerburyi ; [BOW: pl. 196, f. 24]
Neptis yerburii ; [BOR, 307]; [MRS, 533]
yerburyi r. yerburyi ; [BIR, (Kashmir - Kumaon)]
yerburyi r. sikkima ; [BIR, (Sikkim - Assam)]

Larva on Celtis australis [BIR] [MRS]

Sikkim, Assam, NE.Burma, W.Thailand Neptis yerburii yerburii ; [BOR, 307]
N. y. capnodes Fruhstorfer, 1908
W.China yerburii capnodes Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 326
Neptis yerburii capnodes ; [BOR, 307]; [MRS, 533]
N. y. pandoces Eliot, 1969
Sikkim, S.Yunnan yerburii pandoces Eliot, 1969; Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 15: 69, TL: Sikkim
?Neptis tamur Fujioka, 1970; Spec. Bull. Lepid. Soc. Japan (4): 33, TL: E.Nepal
= ?; Huang, 2001, Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 51: 83
Neptis yerburii pandoces [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis yerburii pandoces ; Huang, 2001, Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 51: f. 70 (gen.)

Neptis sangangi Huang, 2001
SE.Tibet. See [About maps] Neptis sangangi Huang, 2001; Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 51: 83, f. 66, 69, pl. 5, f. 36, TL: 20 N of Chayu, Chayu area Tibet

Neptis sappho (Pallas, 1771)
EEU, S.Russia, Temperate Asia, Japan. See [About maps] Common Glider Pallas' Sailer Schwarzbrauner Trauerflter Pasyn debrak
Papilio sappho Pallas, 1771; Reise Russ. Reich. 1: 471, TL: Russia [Volga]
?Papilio aceris Esper, 1783; Die Schmett. Th. I, Bd. 2 (7): 142, pl. 81, f. 3-4
Papilio[?] aceris Lepechin, 1774; Reise. 1: 203, pl. 17, f. 5-6
?Papilio leucothoe Cramer, 1782
lucilla (Schrank, 1801)
plantilla (Hübner, 1805)
intermedia Hormuzaki, 1897²; (preocc.)
curvata Matsumura, 1928²
curvata Bryk, 1946; Ark. Zool. 38A (3): 35 (preocc.)
Neptis sappho [Wahlberg]
Neptis sappho [Simon Coombes]
Neptis sappho ; [BOW: pl. 2, f. 24]; [BOR, 307]; [MRS, 532]; [BRU2: 21, pl. 11, f. 1-6]; [Otakar Kudrna]
Misidentified/misapplied:
Neptis hylas; auct.
[sappho-1.jpg] 951x624 (~66Kb) Asamushi, Aomori, Japan, 8-90, Photo © S. Shuichi Haupt [sappho-2mv.jpg] 660x500 (~44Kb) underside male A woody bank of the pond on the Zyryanka Rivulet within the Botanical Garden, Akademgorodok [Academy Town], Novosibirsk, West Siberia, Russia. 8th June 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin [sappho-2u.jpg] 553x731 (~59Kb) upperside An open pine forest on the hill just north of the Chita City, Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 17th June 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Larva on Lathyrus verna [H&R], Lathyrus spp. [MRS], Lathyrus humilis, Lespedeza bicolor [BRU2, 21]


N. s. astola Moore, 1872
Nepal, Assam - Thailand, Indo-China, S.Yunnan Neptis sappho astola Moore, 1872; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1872 (2): 560, TL: NW.Himalayas
Neptis sappho astola [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis sappho astola ; [BOR, 307]; [MRS, 532]
N. s. formosana Fruhstorfer, 1908
Taiwan sappho formosana Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 411, TL: Formosa
Neptis sappho formosana ; [BOR, 307]; [MRS, 532]
N. s. intermedia Pryer, 1877
Japan, ... sappho intermedia Pryer, 1877; Cistula Ent. 2: 231, pl. 4, f. 1
Neptis sappho intermedia ; [MRS, 532]

Larva on Lespedeza bicolor [MRS]


Neptis hylas (Linnaeus, 1758)
China, India, Burma, Ceylon. See [About maps] Common Sailer
Papilio hylas Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 486, TL: China
formosana Matsumura; (preocc. Fruhstorfer, 1908)
formosanella Matsumura, 1929; Illustrated common insects of Japan. Vol. 1 "Butterflies": 21 (repl. Neptis formosana Matsumura)
Neptis hylas [Wahlberg]
Neptis hylas ; [BOR, 307]; [MRS, 533]
[hylas-1.jpg] 951x624 (~35Kb) Shurisueyoshi, Okinawa, Ryukyus, Japan, 9-90, Photo © S. Shuichi Haupt [hylas-2u.jpg] 1114x875 (~118Kb) upperside Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Jomtien beach, a wasting land behind Jomtien Holiday Hotel, 2nd January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin [hylas-3u.jpg] 1106x883 (~107Kb) upperside Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Si Racha environs, the Chan-ta-Then River valley at lower reaches, 12th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
[hylas-4u.jpg] 1246x1078 (~158Kb) upperside Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Si Racha environs, the Chan-ta-Then River valley at lower reaches, 14th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Larva on Leguminosae, Tiliaceae, Malvaceae, Sterculiaceae, Oleaceae [BIR], Cylista spp., Flemingia spp., Mucuna spp., Xylia spp., Canavalia ensiformis, Vigna catjang, Desmodium heterocarpon, Pteroloma triquelum, Lespedeza bicolor, Grewia spp., Trimfetta spp., Corchorus spp., Bombax spp., Holicteres spp., Mappafoetida spp. [MRS]

The common name and distribution outside China is from [BIR], might apply to Neptis sappho instead? --msa


W.China, SE.China, Hainan, Hong Kong Neptis hylas hylas ; [BOR, 307]
N. h. varmona Moore, 1872
Ceylon, C.India - S.India hylas varmona Moore, 1872; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1872 (2): 561
Neptis hylas varmona ; [BOR, 307]
?Neptis hylas f. varmona ; [Torben B. Larsen]
N. h. kamarupa Moore, 1874
Nepal, Assam - Thailand, Indo-China, Yunnan Neptis hylas kamarupa Moore, 1874; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (4): 570, TL: Assam
Neptis hylas kamarupa [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis hylas kamarupa ; [BOR, 308]; [MRS, 533]; Huang, 2001, Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 51: f. 71 (gen)
N. h. luculenta Fruhstorfer, 1907
Taiwan hylas luculenta Fruhstorfer, 1907; Int. ent. Zs. 1 (22): 160 (24 August)
Neptis hylas luculenta ; [BOR, 308]; [MRS, 533]

Larva on Desmodium heterophyllym, D. caudatum, Pueraria lobata, P. montana [MRS]

N. h. andamana Moore, 1877
Andaman Is. hylas andamana Moore, 1877; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877 (3): 586, pl. 58, f. 4, TL: Andaman Is.
Neptis hylas andamana ; [BOR, 308]
N. h. nicobarica Moore, 1877
Nicobars (nothern, central) hylas nicobarica Moore, 1877; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877 (3): 586, TL: Nicobars
Neptis hylas nicobarica ; [BOR, 308]
N. h. sambilanga Evans, 1932
Nicobars (southern) hylas sambilanga Evans, 1932; Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): 166
Neptis hylas sambilanga ; [BOR, 308]
N. h. papaja Moore, [1875]
Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Bangka Neptis papaja Moore, [1875]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (4): 570
Neptis mamaja Butler, 1879; Trans. linn. Soc. Lond. (2) 1 (8): 541, pl. 69, f. 3
Neptis hylas papaja [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis hylas papaja f. mamaja ; [BMP, 172, pl. 25, f. 25]
Neptis hylas papaja ; [BMP: 172, pl. 25, f. 26]; [BOR, 308]
N. h. sopatra Fruhstorfer, 1907
Borneo, Sula Is. hylas sopatra Fruhstorfer, 1907; Int. ent. Zs. 1 (24): 175 (7 September)
Neptis hylas sopatra ; [BOR, 308]
N. h. hatra Fruhstorfer, 1913
Batu Is. hylas hatra Fruhstorfer, 1913; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 602 (25 September, 1912), TL: Batu
Neptis hylas hatra ; [BOR, 308]
N. h. ombalata Kheil, 1884
Nias hylas ombalata Kheil, 1884; Die Rhopalocera der Insel Nias: 24, TL: Nias
Neptis hylas ombalata ; [BOR, 308]
N. h. hageni Fruhstorfer, 1907
Mentawai Is. hylas hageni Fruhstorfer, 1907; Int. ent. Zs. 1 (24): 175 (7 September), TL: Mentawi
Neptis hylas hageni ; [BOR, 308]
N. h. engano Doherty, 1891
Enggano hylas engano Doherty, 1891; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, (2) 60 (1): 27
Neptis hylas engano ; [BOR, 308]
N. h. matuta Hübner, [1819]
Java, Bali, Bawean hylas matuta Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (3): 44
Neptis hylas satellitica Fruhstorfer, 1912; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 603 (25 September, 1912), TL: Bali
Neptis hylas matuta ; [BOR, 308]
N. h. licina Fruhstorfer, 1907
Lombok hylas licina Fruhstorfer, 1907; Int. ent. Zs. 1 (24): 175 (7 September), TL: Lombok
Neptis hylas licina ; [BOR, 308]
N. h. flaminia Fruhstorfer, 1907
Sumbawa hylas flaminia Fruhstorfer, 1907; Int. ent. Zs. 1 (24): 175 (7 September), TL: Sumbawa
Neptis hylas flaminia ; [BOR, 308]
N. h. sophaina Fruhstorfer, 1907
Sumba, Savu Is. hylas sophaina Fruhstorfer, 1907; Int. ent. Zs. 1 (25): 183 (14 September), TL: Sumba
Neptis hylas sophiana[sic?] ; [BOR, 308 (spell.?)]
N. h. cosama Fruhstorfer, 1907
Flores, Adonara, Lomblen hylas cosama Fruhstorfer, 1907; Int. ent. Zs. 1 (24): 176 (7 September), TL: Flores
Neptis hylas cosama ; [BOR, 308]
N. h. serapia Fruhstorfer, 1907
Kalao, Tanahdjampea, ?Bone Rate hylas serapia Fruhstorfer, 1907; Int. ent. Zs. 1 (25): 183 (14 September), TL: Kalao
Neptis hylas serapia ; [BOR, 308]
N. h. alorica Fruhstorfer, 1907
Alor, Pantar, Pura hylas alorica Fruhstorfer, 1907; Int. ent. Zs. 1 (25): 183 (14 September), TL: Alor
Neptis hylas alorica ; [BOR, 308]
N. h. hainana Moore, 1878
Hainan hylas hainana Moore, 1878; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (3): 698, TL: Hainan
Neptis hylas hainana ; [MRS, 533]
N. h. timorensis Röber, 1891
Timor, Kissar, Wetar, Leti, Romang, Sermata Is. hylas timorensis Röber, 1891; Tijdschr. Ent. 34: 307
Neptis hylas timorensis ; [BAUR, 235]
N. h. jaculatrix Fruhstorfer, 1907
Babar, Damar hylas jaculatrix Fruhstorfer, 1907; Int. ent. Zs. 1 (25): 183 (14 September), TL: Damar
Neptis hylas jaculatrix ; [BAUR, 235 (text)]

Neptis ida Moore, 1858
-. See [About maps] Neptis ida Moore, 1858; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1858 (347/348): 10, pl. 49, f. 7, TL: Celebes
Neptis ida [Wahlberg]
Neptis ida ; [BOR, 308]
S.Sulawesi Neptis ida ida ; [BOR, 308]
N.Sulawesi, C.Sulawesi Neptis ida carbonespersa ; [BOR, 308]
N. i. celebensis Hopffer, 1874
NE.Sulawesi (Minahassa) ida celebensis Hopffer, 1874; Stett. ent. Ztg 35 (1): 36
Neptis ida celebensis ; [BOR, 308]
Butung Neptis ida liliputa ; [BOR, 308]
N. i. saleyra Fruhstorfer, 1908
Selajar ida saleyra Fruhstorfer, 1908; Int. ent. Zs. 2 (38): 239, TL: Saleyer
Neptis ida saleyra ; [BOR, 308]
N. i. kalidupa Eliot, 1969
Tukangbesi Is. ida kalidupa Eliot, 1969; Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 15: 68, TL: Tukanbesi Is.
Neptis ida kalidupa ; [BOR, 308]

Neptis mindorana C. & R. Felder, 1863
-. See [About maps] Neptis mindorana C. & R. Felder, 1863; Wien. ent. Monats. 7 (4): 110, TL: Mindoro
Neptis mindorana ; [BOR, 308]
Philippines (Mindoro) Neptis mindorana mindorana ; [BOR, 308]
N. m. ilocana C. & R. Felder, 1863
Philippines (Luzon, Panay, Negros) mindorana ilocana C. & R. Felder, 1863; Wien. ent. Monats. 7 (4): 111, TL: Luzon
Neptis mindorana ilocana ; [BOR, 308]
N. m. nosba Fruhstorfer, 1913
Philippines (Leyte, Cebu, Bohol) mindorana nosba Fruhstorfer, 1913; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 608 (25 September, 1912)
Neptis mindorana nosba ; [BOR, 308]
N. m. pseudosoma Moore, 1899
Philippines (Mindanao) mindorana pseudosoma Moore, 1899; Lepidoptera Indica 3 (36): 246
Neptis mindorana pseudosoma ; [BOR, 308]
N. m. palibothra Fruhstorfer, 1913
Philippines (Basilan) mindorana palibothra Fruhstorfer, 1913; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 607 (25 September, 1912), TL: Basilan
Neptis mindorana palibothra ; [BOR, 308]
N. m. solygeia Fruhstorfer, 1908
Philippines (Jolo, Sulu Is.) mindorana solygeia Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 316, TL: Jolo
Neptis mindorana solygeia ; [BOR, 308]
N. m. harpasa Fruhstorfer, 1913
Philippines (?Palawan) mindorana harpasa Fruhstorfer, 1913; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 608 (25 September, 1912), TL: Palawan
Neptis mindorana harpasa ; [BOR, 308]

Neptis duryodana Moore, 1858
Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra. See [About maps] Neptis duryodana Moore, 1858; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1858 (347/348): 10, pl. 49
Neptis duryodana ; [BOW: pl. 147, f. 5]; [BOR, 308]
Borneo, Pulo Laut Neptis duryodana duryodana ; [BOR, 308]
N. d. nesia Fruhstorfer, 1908
Peninsular Malaya, Puolau Tioman, Sumatra Neptis nesia Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 311
Neptis duryodana nesia [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis duryodana nesia ; [BMP: 173, pl. 25, f. 30-31]; [BOR, 308]
N. d. dike Fruhstorfer, 1908
Java duryodana dike Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 311, TL: Nias?
Neptis duryodana dike ; [BOR, 308]
N. d. tullia Fruhstorfer, 1908
Nias duryodana tullia Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 311, TL: Nias
Neptis duryodana tullia ; [BOR, 308]
N. d. paucalba Hagen, 1898
Mentawai Is. duryodana paucalba Hagen, 1898; Ent. Nachr. 24: 206, TL: Mentawai Is.
Neptis duryodana pacualba[sic?] ; [BOR, 308]
N. d. declinata van Eecke, 1918
Pulo Babi duryodana declinata van Eecke, 1918; Zool. Meded. 4: 89
Neptis duryodana declinata ; [BOR, 308]
N. d. emesa Fruhstorfer, 1908
Philippines (Palawan) duryodana emesa Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 310, pl. 1, f. 6, TL: Palawan?
Neptis duryodana emesa ; [BOR, 308]

Neptis clinia Moore, 1872
W.China. See [About maps] Clear Sailer
Neptis clinia Moore, 1872; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1872 (2): 563, pl. 32, f. 5, TL: Andamans
acalina Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 325
= ; Eliot, 1969, Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 15: 56
gonatina Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 324
= ; Eliot, 1969, Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 15: 56
Neptis clinia [Wahlberg]
Neptis clinia ; [BOR, 308]; [MRS, 532]
[clinia-1a.jpg] 917x753 (~215Kb) Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a sandy bed of a rivulet among the tropical forest above the Krating falls. 29th January 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin [clinia-1b.jpg] 1082x918 (~262Kb) Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a sandy bed of a rivulet among the tropical forest above the Krating falls. 29th January 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Andaman Is. Neptis clinia clinia ; [BOR, 309]
N. c. leuconata Butler, [1879]
Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi Neptis leuconata Butler, [1879]; Trans. linn. Soc. Lond. (2) 1 (8): 541, pl. 69, f. 1
Neptis clinia leuconata [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis clinia leuconata ; [BMP: 173, l. 25, f. 27]; [BOR, 309]
N. c. susruta Moore, 1872
NE.India - S.China, Thailand, Indo-China clinia susruta Moore, 1872; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1872 (2): 563, f. 4, TL: N.India
Neptis clinia susruta [Yutaka Inayoshi]
nandina r. susruta ; [BIR]
Neptis clinia susruta ; [BOR, 309]; [MRS, 532]; Huang, 2001, Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 51: f. 68 (m.gen)
N. c. kallaura Moore, 1881
S.India Neptis kallaura Moore, 1881; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 29 (3): 309
Neptis nandina kallaura ; Fruhstorfer, 1908, Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 322
Neptis soma kallaura ; Fruhstorfer, 1912, in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 607 (25 September, 1912); Eliot, 1969, Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 15: 57
soma r. kallaura ; [BIR, (W.Ghats,S.India (hills))]
Neptis clinia kallaura ; [BOR, 309]
N. c. apharea Fruhstorfer, 1908
Sumatra, Borneo clinia apharea Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 320
ila Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 320
= ; Eliot, 1969, Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 15: 57
Neptis clinia apharea ; [BOR, 309]
N. c. smedleyi Eliot, 1969
Mentawai I. clinia smedleyi Eliot, 1969; Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 15: 76, TL: Mentawai I.
Neptis clinia smedleyi ; [BOR, 309]
N. c. phrasylas Eliot, 1969
Java clinia phrasylas Eliot, 1969; Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 15: 57, TL: E.Java?
Neptis clinia phrasylas ; [BOR, 309]
N. c. parthica Fruhstorfer, 1908
Philippines (Palawan) clinia parthica Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 317, TL: Palawan
Neptis clinia parthica ; [BOR, 309]
N. c. tibetana Moore, 1899
W.China Neptis tibetana Moore, 1899; Lepidoptera Indica 3 (36): 245
Neptis clinia tibetana ; [MRS, 532]
N. c. nandina Moore, 1858
S.India, Madhya Pradesh, Sikkim - Assam, Burma, Malaysia - Andamans, Philippines, Formosa Neptis nandina Moore, 1858; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1858 (347/348): 9
Neptis nandina ; [EBW]; [BIR]; [BOW: pl. 148, f. 12]
Neptis nata nandina ; [BOR, 310]
Neptis clinia nandina ; [Peter Smetacek]

Neptis nata Moore, [1858]
Malaya - Indo-China. See [About maps] Dirty Sailer
Neptis nata Moore, [1858]; in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy (1) : 168, pl. 4a, f. 6
?Neptis nata Moore, 1858; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1858 (347/348): 10, TL: Borneo
Neptis nata ; [BOR, 310]; [MRS, 534]
Borneo Neptis nata nata ; [BOR, 310]
N. n. adipala Moore, 1872
Nepal, Assam - Thailand, Indo-China, S.Yunnan, ?S.China, ?Hainan nata adipala Moore, 1872; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1872 (2): 563, f. 8, TL: Khasia Hills
Neptis nata adipala [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis nata adipala ; [BOR, 310]; [MRS, 534]
N. n. candida Joicey & Talbot, 1922
Hainan nata candida Joicey & Talbot, 1922; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (2): 353, TL: Hainan
Neptis soma candida ;
Neptis nata candida ; [MRS, 534]
N. n. lutatia Fruhstorfer, 1913
Taiwan nata lutatia Fruhstorfer, 1913; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 607 (25 September, 1912)
Neptis nata lutatia ; [BOR, 310]; [MRS, 534]

Larva on Trema orientalis, Celtis formosana, Pueraria lobata, P. montana [MRS]

N. n. hampsoni Moore, 1899
S.India nandina hampsoni Moore, 1899; Lepidoptera Indica 3 (36): 237, pl. 281, f. 1, TL: India
Neptis nata hampsoni ; Eliot, 1969; [BOR, 310]
nandina r. hampsoni ; [BIR]
N. n. evansi Eliot, 1969
Andaman Is. nata evansi Eliot, 1969; Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 15: 74, TL: Andaman Is.
Neptis nata evansi ; [BOR, 310]
N. n. gononata Butler, [1879]
Peninsular Malaya Neptis gononata Butler, [1879]; Trans. linn. Soc. Lond. (2) 1 (8): 541, pl. 69, f. 2
Neptis nata gononata [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis nata gononata ; [BMP: 173, pl. 25, f. 32]
Neptis nata gonomata ; [BOR, 310]
N. n. agathyllis Fruhstorfer, 1908
Sumatra nata agathyllis Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 313
Neptis nata agathyllis ; [BOR, 310]
N. n. natana Fruhstorfer, 1900
Nias nata natana Fruhstorfer, 1900; Stettin. ent. Ztg 60 (4): 350
Neptis nata natana ; [BOR, 310]
N. n. meridiei Doherty, 1891
Enggano nata meridiei Doherty, 1891; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, (2) 60 (1): 26, TL: Enggano
Neptis nandina meridiei ; Fruhstorfer, 1908, Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 322
Neptis soma merididiei ; Fruhstorfer, 1912, in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 607 (25 September, 1912)
Neptis nata meridei[sic?] ; [BOR, 310]
N. n. jucundiora Fruhstorfer, 1908
Lombok nata jucundiora Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 321, TL: Lombok
Neptis nata jucundiore[sic?] ; [BOR, 310]
N. n. florensis Snellen, 1891
Flores, Sumbawa Neptis florensis Snellen, 1891; Tijdschr. Ent. 34: 238, TL: Flores
Neptis nandina florensis ;
Neptis nata florensis ; [BOR, 310]
N. n. sumba Doherty, 1891
Sumba nata sumba Doherty, 1891; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, (2) 60 (2): 175
Neptis nata sumba ; [BOR, 310]

Neptis choui Yuan & Wang, 1994
Shaanxi. See [About maps] Neptis choui Yuan & Wang, 1994; , TL: Shaanxi
Neptis choui ; [MRS, 535]; Huang, 2001, Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 51: 84 (note)

Neptis pampanga C. & R. Felder, 1863
-. See [About maps] Neptis pampanga C. & R. Felder, 1863; Wien. ent. Monats. 7 (4): 111
Neptis pampanga ; [BOR, 310]
Philippines (Luzon) Neptis pampanga pampanga ; [BOR, 310]
N. p. boholica Moore, 1899
Philippines (Mindanao, Cebu, Bohol) pampanga boholica Moore, 1899; Lepidoptera Indica 3 (36): 246
Neptis pampanga boholica ; [BOR, 310]
N. p. dormida Eliot, 1969
Philippines (Mindoro) pampanga dormida Eliot, 1969; Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 15: 77, TL: Mindoro
Neptis pampanga dormida ; [BOR, 310]
N. p. lizana Fruhstorfer, 1913
Philippines (Basilan) pampanga lizana Fruhstorfer, 1913; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 606 (25 September, 1912), TL: Basilan
Neptis pampanga lizana ; [BOR, 310]

Neptis sunica Eliot, 1969
Philippines (Palawan). See [About maps] Neptis sunica Eliot, 1969; Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 15: 79
Neptis sunica ; [BOR, 310]

Neptis soma Moore, 1858
NW.Himalayas - SW.China, S.India, Mussoorie - Assam, Burma. See [About maps] Sullied Sailer
Neptis soma Moore, 1858; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1858 (347/348): 9, pl. 49, TL: Silhet
Neptis soma ; [EBW]; [BOR, 311]; [MRS, 534]
[soma-1uU.jpg] identification uncertain 512x341 (~33Kb) upperside India: Itanagar, 13.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar

Larva on Leguminaceae, Malvaceae, Pueraria thunbergiana, Wistaria floribunda, Vicia unijuga [MRS]


Nepal - Assam, ?Sikkim Neptis soma soma ; [BOR, 311]
soma r. soma ; [BIR]
N. s. shania Evans, 1924
Burma, Thailand, SW.China Neptis soma shania Evans, 1924; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 30: 78
Neptis soma shania [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis soma shania ; [BOR, 311]; [MRS, 534]

= Euthalia nara shania Evans, 1924 ??

N. s. pendleburyi Corbet, 1937
Peninsular Malaya Neptis pendleburyi Corbet, 1937; Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 6 (5): 101
Neptis soma pendleburyi ; [BMP: 173, pl. 25, f. 33]; [BOR, 311]
N. s. ominicola Fruhstorfer, 1908
soma ominicola Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 411
Neptis soma ominicola ; [MRS, 534]
N. s. tayalina Murayama & Shimonoya, 1968
Taiwan soma tayalina Murayama & Shimonoya, 1968; New Ent. Ueda 17 (1): 7
Neptis yerburyi tayalina ;
Neptis soma tayalina ; [MRS, 534]

Neptis reducta Fruhstorfer, 1908
Taiwan Neptis reducta Fruhstorfer, 1908; Ent. Zs. 22 (31): 127
Neptis reducta ; [BOR, 311]; [MRS, 535]

Neptis mahendra Moore, 1872
NW.Himalayas - W.China, Chitral - Kumaon. See [About maps] Himalayan Sailer
Neptis mahendra Moore, 1872; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1872 (2): 560
Neptis mahendra ; [BOW: pl. 148, f. 8]; [BOR, 311]; [MRS, 535]
NW.Himalayas - Nepal Neptis mahendra mahendra ; [BOR, 311]
N. m. xizangensis Wang & Wang, 1994
SE.Tibet Neptis mahendra xizangensis Wang & Wang, 1994; in Chou, Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium 1-2: 765, 535, f. 50, TL: Xizang
Neptis mahendra xizangensis ; Huang, 1998, Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 41: 238 (note), pl. 6, f. 1b, 1d, 2b, 2d
N. m. ursula (Eliot, 1969)
N.Yunnan mahendra ursula (Eliot, 1969) (Eptis); Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 15: 78
Neptis mahendra ursula ; [MRS, 535]
N. m. extensa Leech, [1892]
Sichuan mahendra extensa Leech, [1892]; Butts China Japan Corea (1): 202 (1892-1894), pl. 19, f. 5
Neptis mahdendra extensa ; Fruhstorfer, 1908, Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 327
Neptis mahendra extensa ; [MRS, 535]
N. m. dulongensis Huang, 2002
Yunnan Neptis mahendra dulongensis ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 82 (note)

Neptis leucoporos Fruhstorfer, 1908
-. See [About maps] Neptis leucoporos Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 312, pl. 2, f. 7
Neptis leucoporos leucoporos [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis leucoporos ; [BOR, 311]; [MRS, 536]
N.Indo-China, ?S.China, ?Hainan Neptis leucoporos leucoporos ; [BOR, 311]
N. l. cresina Fruhstorfer, 1908
S.Burma - Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo, Pulo Laut Neptis cresina Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 312
Neptis leucoporos cresina [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis leucoporos cresina ; [BMP: 173, pl. 25, f. 34]; [BOR, 311]
N. l. taranda Corbet, 1942
Mentawai Is. leucoporos taranda Corbet, 1942; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (11) 9: 619, TL: Mentawai I.
Neptis leucoporos taranda ; [BOR, 311]
N. l. niasica Eliot, 1969
Nias leucoporos niasica Eliot, 1969; Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 15: 80, TL: Nias
Neptis leucoporos niasica ; [BOR, 311]
N. l. aletophone Fruhstorfer, 1908
Java leucoporos aletophone Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 313
Neptis leucoporos aletophone ; [BOR, 311]

Neptis nisaea de Nicéville, 1894
-. See [About maps] Neptis nisaea de Nicéville, 1894; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal (II) 63 (1): 7, f. 9
Neptis nisaea ; [BOR, 311]
W.Java Neptis nisaea nisaea ; [BOR, 311]
N. n. rosieri Roepke, 1938
C.Java nisaea rosieri Roepke, 1938; Rhopal. Javan.: 303
Neptis nisaea rosieri ; [BOR, 311]

Neptis clinioides de Nicéville, 1894
-. See [About maps] Neptis clinioides de Nicéville, 1894; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal (II) 63 (1): 6, pl. 1, f. 8
Neptis clinioides ; [BOR, 312]; [MRS, 532]
Sumatra (Battak Mts., Padang Highlands) Neptis clinioides clinioides ; [BOR, 312]
N. c. luca Eliot, 1969
W.Jawa clinioides luca Eliot, 1969; Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 15: 56
Neptis clinioides luca ; [BOR, 312]
N. c. gunongensis Eliot, 1969
Peninsular Malaya (above 1500ft) Neptis gunongensis Eliot, 1969; Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 15: 55
Neptis clinioides gunongensis ; [BOR, 312]; [BMP: 173, pl. 25, f. 29]
N. c. yaana Wang, 1994
Sichuan Neptis clinioides yaana Wang, 1994; in Chou, Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium 1-2: 764, 532, f. 49, TL: Ya'an, Sichuan

Neptis sankara (Kollar, [1844])
NW.Himalayas - W.China, Kashmir - Assam, Burma. See [About maps] Broad-banded Sailer
Limenitis sankara Kollar, [1844]; in Hügel, Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek, 4 (5): 428
Neptis sankara [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis sankara ; [BOW: pl. 148, f. 19]; [BOR, 312]; [MRS, 537]
N. s. amba Moore, 1858
Assam, Nepal, ?NE.Burma Neptis amba Moore, 1858; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1858 (347/348): 7, pl. 49, f. 4
Neptis quilta Swinhoe, 1897; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 19 (112): 408
= ; Eliot, 1969; [Peter Smetacek]
Neptis sankara amba ; [BOR, 312]; Huang, 2001
N. s. peninsularis Eliot, 1969
Peninsular Malaya (above 200ft) Neptis peninsularis Eliot, 1969; Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 15: 91
Neptis sankara peninsularis ; [BOR, 312]; [BMP: 173, pl. 25, f. 36]
N. s. yamari (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
Sumatra (Battak Mts.) sankara yamari (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Bimbisara); Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): (240-412)
Neptis sankara yamari ; [BOR, 312]
N. s. shirakiana Matsumura, 1929
Taiwan sankara shirakiana Matsumura, 1929; Insecta Matsumurana 3 (2/3): 95, TL: Formosa
Neptis sankara shirakiana ; [BOR, 312]; [MRS, 537]
N. s. antonia (Oberthür, 1876)
W.China sankara antonia (Oberthür, 1876); Étud. d'Ent. 2: [?] 22
Neptis antonia ; [BOW: pl. 148, f. 19 (text only)]
Neptis sankara antonia ; [MRS, 537]
N. s. guiltoides Tytler, 1940
Burma, Thailand, Yunnan Neptis sankara guiltoides Tytler, 1940; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 42 (1): 117
Neptis sankara guiltoides [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis sankara guiltoides[sic?] ; [BOR, 312 [spelling?]]
Neptis sankara guilloides[sic?] ; [MRS, 537 [spelling?]]
Neptis sankara guiltoides ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 80 (note)
Yunnan Neptis sankara xishuanbannaensis Yoshino, 1997; Neo Lepidoptera 2: 4, f. 22-23, TL: Xishuanbanna, Monghai, 1800m, Yunnan

Neptis philyra Ménétriés, 1859
Japan, NE.China, Amur, Ussuri. See [About maps] Neptis philyra Ménétriés, 1859; Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Pétersb. 17: 214, pl. 2, f. 8, TL: [Amur region]
Neptis okazimai Seok, 1936; Zool. Mag. 48: 60
Neptis philyra ; [BOR, 312]; [MRS, 538]; [BRU2: 21, pl. 12, f. 7-9]

Larva on Acer japonicum, Carpinus cordata, Ulmus japonica [BRU2, 21]

N. p. excellens Butler, 1878
Japan, SE.China philyra excellens Butler, 1878; Cist. Ent. 2 (19): 282
Neptis philyra excellens ; [BOR: 312]; [MRS, 538]
N. p. zhejianga Murayama, 1980
Neptis philyra zhejianga Murayama, 1980; New Entomologist 29 (2): 50
Neptis philyra zhejianga ; [MRS, 538]
N. p. melior Hall, 1930
Yunnan Neptis philyra melior Hall, 1930; Entomologist 63: 158, TL: Yunnan?
Neptis philyra melior [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis philyra melior ; [MRS, 538]
N. p. splendens Murayama, 1941
Taiwan Neptis philyra splendens Murayama, 1941; Zephyrus 9: (76-81), TL: Formosa
Neptis philyra splendens ; [BOR: 312]; [MRS, 538]

Larva on Acer oliverianum [MRS]


Neptis zaida Doubleday, [1848]
Murree - Assam, Burma. See [About maps] Pale-green Sailer
Neptis zaida Doubleday, [1848]; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): 272 (1850), (1): pl. 35 (1848), f. 3
paliens Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 337
pallida Tytler, 1926; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 31 (3): 582
Neptis zaida [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis zaida ; [EBW]; [BIR]; [BOR, 312]; [BOW: pl. 148, f. 25]
Murree - Kumaon ?zaida r. zaida ; [BIR]
N. z. baileyi Eliot, 1969
Nepal Valley zaida baileyi Eliot, 1969; Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 15: 102, TL: Nepal
Neptis zaida baileyi ; [BOR, 312]
N. z. bhutanica Tytler, 1926
Sikkim, Bhutan zaida bhutanica Tytler, 1926; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 31 (3): 582, TL: Bhutan
Neptis zaida bhutanica ; [BOR, 312]
zaida r. phutanica ; [BIR]
N. z. manipurensis Tytler, 1926
Manipur zaida manipurensis Tytler, 1926; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 31 (3): 583, TL: Manipur
Neptis zaida manipurensis ; [BOR, 312]
zaida r. manipurensis ; [BIR]
N. z. thawgawa Tytler, 1940
NE.Burma, NW.Yunnan Neptis zaida thawgawa Tytler, 1940; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 42 (1): 119, TL: Hthawgaw, NE.Burma
Neptis zaida thawgawa ; [BOR, 312]
Neptis zaida ssp. ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 82
Neptis zaida thawgawa ; Huang & Xue, 2004, Neue Ent. Nachr. 57: 171, pl. 14, f. 4
N. z. putoia Evans, 1932
S.Burma, Thailand zaida putoia Evans, 1932; Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): 170
Neptis zaida putoia [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis zaida putoia ; [BOR, 312]

Neptis magadha C. & R. Felder, [1867]
Malaya. See [About maps] Neptis magadha C. & R. Felder, [1867]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Lep. Rhop. (3): 427, TL: Myanmar
Neptis magadha magadha [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis magadha ; [BOW: pl. 147, f. 5 (text only)]; [BOR, 313]
N.Burma Neptis magadha magadha ; [BOR, 313]
N. m. khasiana Moore, 1872
Assam Spotted Sailer
magadha khasiana Moore, 1872; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1872 (2): 562, f. 7, TL: Khasi Hills
Neptis magadha khasiana ; [BOR, 313]
Neptis magatha[sic?] ; [BIR]
N. m. annamitica Fruhstorfer, 1908
S.Vietnam magadha annamitica Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 308, pl.1, f. 2
Neptis magadha annamitica [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis magadha annamitica ; [BOR, 313]
N. m. charon Butler, 1867
Peninsular Malaya Neptis charon Butler, 1867; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (3) 20 (120) : 400, pl. 9, f. 1
Neptis magadha charon ; [BOR, 313]; [BMP: 174, pl. 25, f. 35]
N. m. phlyasia Fruhstorfer, 1908
Sumatra magadha phlyasia Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 309, pl. 1, f. 5
Neptis magadha phylasia[sic?] ; [BOR, 313]
N. m. plautia Fruhstorfer, 1908
N.Borneo magadha plautia Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 309
Neptis magadha plautia ; [BOR, 313]
N. m. pasiphae Fruhstorfer, 1908
Java magadha pasiphae Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 309
Neptis magadha pasiphae ; [BOR, 313]
N. m. charonides Lathy, 1913
Nias magadha charonides Lathy, 1913; Entomologist 46: 99, TL: Nias
Neptis magadha charonides ; [BOR, 313]
N. m. kerosa Corbet, 1942
Mentawai Is. magadha kerosa Corbet, 1942; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (11) 9: 618, TL: Mentawei I.
Neptis magadha kerosa ; [BOR, 313]

Neptis radha Moore, 1857
W.China, Kumaon - Assam, Burma. See [About maps] Great Yellow Sailer
Neptis radha Moore, 1857; in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy (1) : 166, pl. 4a, f. 4
?Neptis radha Moore, 1858; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1858 (347/348): 6
Neptis radha radha [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis radha ; [BOW: pl. 196, f. 19]; [BOR, 313]; [MRS, 544]
NE.India - C.Vietnam Neptis radha radha ; [BOR, 313]
N. r. asterastilis Oberthür, 1891
Laos, NE.Burma radha asterastilis Oberthür, 1891; Étud. d'Ent. 15 : 10, f. 5
N. r. sinensis Oberthür, 1906
W.China (Szechwan) radha sinensis Oberthür, 1906; Étud. Lepid. Comp. 2 : 18
Neptis radha sinensis ; [MRS, 544]

Neptis narayana Moore, 1858
NW.Himalayas - W.China, S.China, Kulu - Manipur. See [About maps] Broadstick Sailer
Neptis narayana Moore, 1858; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1858 (347/348): 6, pl. 49
suffusa Tytler, 1926; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 31 (3): 582 (preocc.)
Neptis narayana ; [BOW: pl. 196, f. 16]; [BOR, 313]; [MRS, 544]
NW.Himalayas Neptis narayana narayana ; [BOR, 313]
narayana r. narayana ; [BIR, (Kulu - Kumaon)]
N. n. nana de Nicéville, [1889]
Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam narayana nana de Nicéville, [1889]; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, (II) 57 (4): 276, pl. 13, f. 1, TL: Bhutan?
narayana r. nana ; [BIR]
Neptis narayana nana ; [BOR, 313]
N. n. sylvia Oberthür, 1906
narayana sylvia Oberthür, 1906; Étud. Lepid. Comp. 2 : 18, pl. 9, f. 4
Neptis narayana sylvia ; [MRS, 544]
N. n. dubernardi Eliot, 1969
NW.Yunnan Neptis narayana dubernardi Eliot, 1969; Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 15: 107
Neptis narayana dubernardi [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis narayana dubernardi ; [MRS, 544]

Neptis ananta Moore, 1858
NW.Himalayas - China, Chamba - Assam, Burma. See [About maps] Yellow Sailer
Neptis ananta Moore, 1858; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1858 (347/348): 5 [?1857]
albicans Oberthür
Neptis ananta ; [BOW: pl. 147, f. 16]; [BOR, 314]; [MRS, 540]
?N. a. ochracea Evans, 1924
Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam - Pegu ananta ochracea Evans, 1924; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 30: 79 (preocc. Neptis ochracea Neave, 1905), TL: Sikkim?
Neptis ananta ochracea ; [BOR, 314]
N. a. learmondi Tytler, 1940
S.Burma, N.Thailand ananta learmondi Tytler, 1940; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 42 (1): 118
Neptis ananta learmondi [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis ananta learmondi ; [BOR, 314]
N. a. chinensis Leech, [1892]
W.Sichuan Neptis ananta chinensis Leech, [1892]; Butts China Japan Corea (1): 197 (1892-1894)
areus Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 392, TL: Yunnan?
Neptis ananta chinensis ; [MRS, 540]; Huang, 2001, Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 51: f. 65 (gen.)
N. a. minus Yoshino, 1997
Fujian Neptis ananta minus Yoshino, 1997; Neo Lepidoptera 2: 4, f. 24-25, TL: Mt. Wuyi, N of Fujian

Neptis anjana Moore, 1881
Burma, Malaya, Java. See [About maps] Rich Sailer
Neptis anjana Moore, 1881; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 29 (3): 309
Neptis anjana ; [BOW: pl. 147, f. 17]; [BOR, 314]
C.Burma - S.Burma Neptis anjana anjana ; [BOR, 314]
N. a. hyria Fruhstorfer, 1913
Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra Neptis hyria Fruhstorfer, 1913; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9(175) : 620 (15 October, 1912),
Neptis anjana hyria ; [BMP: 174, pl. 25, f. 37-38]; [BOR, 314]
N. a. discerna (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
SE.Borneo anjana discerna (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Bimbisara); Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): (240-412)
Neptis anjana decerna[sic?] ; [BOR, 314]
N. a. elegantia Fruhstorfer, 1908
N.Borneo anjana elegantia Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 394
Neptis anjana elegantia ; [BOR, 314]
N. a. zena Fruhstorfer, 1905
Java anjana zena Fruhstorfer, 1905; Soc. Ent. 20 (6): 41
Neptis anjana zena ; [BOR, 314]
N. a. saskia Fruhstorfer, 1900
Nias anjana saskia Fruhstorfer, 1900; Stettin. ent. Ztg 60 (4): 350, TL: Nias
Neptis anjana saskia ; [BOR, 314]
N. a. vidua Staudinger, 1889
Philippines (Palawan) anjana vidua Staudinger, 1889; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 2 (1) : 64, TL: Palawan
Neptis anjana vidua ; [BOR, 314]

Neptis nashona Swinhoe, 1896
W.China. See [About maps] Less Rich Sailer
Neptis nashona Swinhoe, 1896; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 17 (101) : 357, TL: Cherrapunji, Khasi Hills
Neptis nashona [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis nashona ; [BOR, 314]; [MRS, 539]
Sikkim, Assam, N.Burma Neptis nashona nashona ; [BOR, 314]
N. n. aagaardi Riley, 1932
N.Thailand Neptis nashona aagaardi Riley, 1932; J. Siam. Soc. 8 (4): 249
Neptis nashona aagaardi [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis nashona aagaardi ; [BOR, 314]; [MRS, 539]
N. n. chapa Eliot, 1969
Cochin China Neptis nashona chapa Eliot, 1969; Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 15: 95
Neptis nashona chapa [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis nashona chapa ; [BOR, 314]
N. n. patricia Oberthür, 1906
Neptis nashona patricia Oberthür, 1906; Étud. Lepid. Comp. 2 : 14, pl. 8, f. 6
Neptis nashona patricia ; [MRS, 539]

Neptis nycteus de Nicéville, 1890
Sikkim, Nagas. See [About maps] Hockeystick Sailer
Neptis nycteus de Nicéville, 1890; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 5 (3) : 203, pl. D, f. 7
Neptis nycteus ; [BOW: pl. 148, f. 16]; [BOR, 314]
N. n. menpae Huang, 1998
SE.Tibet (Metok) Neptis nycteus menpae Huang, 1998; Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 41: 231, pl. 6, f. 3a, 3c, 4a, 4c, TL: Hamni, Metok, 1800m

Neptis manasa Moore, [1858]
C.China, NW.Yunnan, Nepal, Sikkim, S. Shan States. See [About maps] Pale Hockeystick Sailer
Neptis manasa Moore, [1858]; in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy (1) : 165, pl. 4a, f. 2
?Neptis manasa Moore, 1858; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1858 (347/348): 5
Neptis manasa manasa [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis manasa ; [BOW: pl. 148, f. 9]; [MRS, 546]
Sikkim - N.Thailand Neptis manasa manasa ; [BOR, 314]
N. m. antigone Leech, 1890
Hubei, E.China Neptis manasa antigone Leech, 1890; Entomologist 23 : 37, TL: Hubei
Neptis manasa antigone ; Huang, 1998, Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 41: 232 (note), pl. 7, f. 1a, 2a; [MRS, 546]
N. m. narcissina Oberthür, 1906
NW.Yunnan manasa narcissina Oberthür, 1906; Étud. Lepid. Comp. 2 : 15, pl. 8, f. 2
Neptis manasa narcissina [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis manasa narcissima ; [MRS, 546]; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 82 (note), f. 114
N. m. tsangae Huang, 1998
SE.Tibet (Yigong) Neptis manasa tsangae Huang, 1998; Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 41: 232, pl. 7, f. 1b, 1d, 2b, 2d, TL: Tongmai, 1800m
N. m. shinkaii Koiwaya, 1996
SE.Tibet Neptis manasa shinkaii ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 82 (note), f. 115

Neptis philyroides Staudinger, 1887
Amur, Ussuri, E.China, Korea. See [About maps] Neptis philyroides Staudinger, 1887; in Romanoff, Mém. Lépid. 3 : 146, TL: "Raddeefka" [Radde, Amur region]
Neptis philyroides ; [BOR, 315]; [MRS, 549]; [BRU2: 22, pl. 12, f. 4-6]

Larva on Corylus heterophyllus [BRU2, 22]

Amur, Ussuri, ...?
N. p. sonani Murayama, 1941
Taiwan philyroides sonani Murayama, 1941; Zephyrus 9: (76-81) (repl. Neptis formosanus Sonan)
formosanus Sonan, 1930; Zephyrus 2 (3): 174 (preocc.)
Neptis philyroides sonani ; [BOR, 315]; [MRS, 549]
N. p. simingshana Murayama, 1980
Zhejiang Neptis philyroides simingshana Murayama, 1980; New Entomologist 29 (2): 50
Neptis philyroides simingshana ; [MRS, 549]
N. p. maotai Yoshino, 1997
Guizhou Neptis philyroides maotai Yoshino, 1997; Neo Lepidoptera 2-2: 3, f. 15-16, TL: Mt. Fanjinshan, Tonren, Guizhou

Neptis nemorum Oberthür, 1906
NW.Yunnan. See [About maps] Neptis nemorum Oberthür, 1906; Étud. Lepid. Comp. 2 : 12, pl. 8, f. 3
Neptis nemorum nemorum [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis nemorum ; [BOR, 315]; [MRS, 548]
Assam Neptis nemorum phseimensis[sic?] ; [BOR, 315]

Neptis rivularis (Scopoli, 1763)
CEU, Turkey, S.Russia, S.Siberia, C.Asia, Japan. See [About maps] Hungarian Glider Schwarzer Trauerfalter Pasyn lucylla
Papilio rivularis Scopoli, 1763; Ent. Carniolica: 165, f. 443, TL: Austria, Graz
Papilio lucilla [Schiffermüller], 1775; Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend: 173
?innominatus (Lewin, 1795)
fridolini Fruhstorfer, 1907; Soc. Ent. 22 (7): 51
insularum Fruhstorfer, 1907; Soc. Ent. 22 (7): 51, TL: Hondo, Japan
herculeana (Seitz, 1908) (Limenitis); Gross-Schmett. Erde 1 : 182
tricolorata (Grund, 1908) (Limenitis); Soc. ent. 23: 81
primigenia (Verity & Querci, 1924) (Limenitis); Ent. Rec. 36: 35, TL: Florence
pygmaeana (Verity, 1928) (Limenitis); Ent. Rec. 40: 143
akanumana Kanda, 1930; Ins. World Gifu 34: 340, TL: Japan
aino Shirôzu, 1953; Sieboldia 1 (1952): 26, TL: Japan
Neptis rivularis [Wahlberg]
Neptis rivularis [Mario Maier]
Neptis rivularis [Simon Coombes]
Neptis rivularis ; [BOR, 315]; [MRS, 550]; [BRU2: 20, pl. 10, f. 7-15]; [Otakar Kudrna]
[rivularis-1l.jpg] 800x600 (~130Kb) larva Poland: Podkarpacie, Sieniawa Forests, 9.12.2005, Photo © Jaroslaw Bury [rivularis-2l.jpg] 800x600 (~157Kb) larva Poland: Podkarpacie, Sieniawa Forests, 26.4.2006, Photo © Jaroslaw Bury

Larva on Spiraea, Filipendula? [H&R], Spiraea salicifolia, S. hypericifolia, S. crenata, Spiraea aquilegifolia, Filipendula ulmaria [BRU2, 21]


CEU, S.Siberia Neptis rivularis rivularis ; [BRU2, 20]
N. r. coenobita (Goeze, 1779)
?Papilio? coenobita Goeze, 1779; Ent. Beyträge 3 (1): 32 (preocc.?)
= ?Neptis lucilla ;
[coenobita-1mfv.jpg] 800x600 (~106Kb) underside male female A pine forest with dense Spiraea media Franz Schmidt bushes in the underlayer on the Berd' River valley right slope 2 km SE of the village Novososedovo, the Salairskii Kryazh elevation, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 21st June 1997 (A copulating pair on Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn ex Decken), Photo © Oleg Kosterin

N. r. magnata (Heyne, [1895])
Transbaikalia, Amur, Ussuri, Sakhalin, Kuriles rivularis magnata (Heyne, [1895]); in Rühl, Die palaearktischen Grossschmetterlinge und ihre Naturgeschichte 1 (Tagfalter): 857, TL: Lake Baikal
synetarius Fruhstorfer, 1907; Soc. Ent. 22 (7): 51 [?]
rivularis bergmanni Bryk, 1942; Dt. Ent. Zeit. Iris, 56: 14, TL: Kurile Is.
Neptis rivularis magnata ; [BRU2, 20]

[bergmanni-1mu.jpg] 400x300 (~26Kb) upperside male A meadow on the Onon River right bank floodland 10 km upstream of the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, Chita Province, S Transbaikalia (Dahuria), Siberia, Russia. 5th July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin [bergmanni-1p.jpg] 400x533 (~44Kb) pupa An opening in a pine forest on the Onon River right bank terrace floodland, 5 km upstream of the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, Chita Province, Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia, 18th June 1995 (on the foodplant Spiraea aquilegifolia Pallas), Photo © Oleg Kosterin

N. r. ludmilla (Nordmann, 1851)
Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Pamirs-Alai, Tian-Shan, Altai rivularis ludmilla (Nordmann, 1851) (Limenitis); Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 24 (4): 402
ludmilla ; Herrich-Schäffer, [1851], Syst. Bearb. Schmett. Europ. 1: f. 546
Neptis rivularis ludmilla ; [BRU2, 20]
N. r. sinta Eliot, 1969
Szechwan rivularis sinta Eliot, 1969; Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 15: 115
Neptis rivularis sinta ; [MRS, 550]; Huang, 2001

Larva on Rosaceae [MRS]

N. r. formosicola Matsumura, 1929
Taiwan Neptis formosicola Matsumura, 1929; Illustrated common insects of Japan. Vol. 1 "Butterflies": 21 (repl. Neptis formosa Matsumura, 1919)
Neptis formosa Matsumura, 1919; Thous. Ins. Japan. Addit. 3: 729 (preocc.)
Neptis matsumurai Shirôzu, 1960; Butterflies of Formosa in Colour: 448 (?repl. Neptis formosa Matsumura, 1919)
Neptis rivularis formosicola ; [BOR, 315]; [MRS, 550]

Neptis hesione Leech, 1890
C.China, W.China. See [About maps] Neptis hesione Leech, 1890; Entomologist 23 : 34
Neptis hesione ; [EBW]; [MRS, 544]
N. h. podarces Nire, 1920
Taiwan karenkonis Matsumura, 1929; Insecta Matsumurana 3 (2/3): 94, TL: Formosa
Neptis hesione podarces ; [BOR, 315]; [MRS, 544]

Neptis pryeri Butler, 1871
China, Amurland, Korea, Japan. See [About maps] Neptis pryeri Butler, 1871; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 19 (3): 403, TL: Shanghai
ater Ushioda, 1938; Ent. World 6: 155, TL: Japan
Neptis pryeri ; [BOW: pl. 196, f. 18]; [MRS, 350]; [BRU2: 22, pl. 11, f. 7-9]
[pryeri-1.jpg] 778x656 (~46Kb) A clearing in a broad-leafed forest on a hill within Daejeon City, S Korea, 29th July 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Larva on Spriaea spp. [BRU2, 22]


Amurland, ... pryeri andetria Fruhstorfer, 1913; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 609 (25 September, 1912), TL: Amurland
kusnetzovi Kurentzov, 1949
Neptis pryeri pryeri ; [BRU2, 22]
N. p. coreana Nakahara & Esaki, 1929
Korea pryeri coreana Nakahara & Esaki, 1929; Zephyrus 1: 3, TL: Korea
Neptis pryeri koreana ;
N. p. arboretorum (Oberthür, 1876)
China pryeri arboretorum (Oberthür, 1876) (Limenitis); Étud. d'Ent. 2 : 22-25, pl. 3, f. 3
Neptis pryeri arboretorum ; [BRU2, 22]
N. p. jucundita Fruhstorfer, 1908
Taiwan pryeri jucundita Fruhstorfer, 1908; Ent. Zs. 22 (31): 127
Neptis pryeri jucundita ; [BOR, 315]; [MRS, 550]

Larva on Spiraea morrisonicola, S. japonica [MRS]

N. p. oberthueri Eliot, 1969
W.China pryeri oberthueri Eliot, 1969; Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 15: 116
Neptis praslini oberthueri ;
Neptis pryeri oberthueri ; [MRS, 550]

Neptis namba Tytler, 1915
-. See [About maps] Neptis namba Tytler, 1915; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 23: 510
learmondi Tytler, 1940; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 42 (1): 118, TL: Burma?
Neptis namba namba [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis namba ; [BOR, 316]; [MRS, 540]
Sikkim, Assam - N.Indo-China, S.Yunnan Neptis lucida Lee, 1962
= ; Huang & Wu, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 127
Neptis namba namba ; [BOR, 316]
Neptis ananta lucida ; [MRS, 540]
lucida ; Huang & Wu, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: pl. 10, f. 18
Neptis namba namba ; Huang, 2001, Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 51: f. 64 (gen.)
N. n. leechi Eliot, 1969
Sichuan namba leechi Eliot, 1969; Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 15: 100, TL: Omei
Neptis namba leechi ; [MRS, 540]

Neptis pseudonamba Huang, 2001
Neptis pseudonamba Huang, 2001; Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 51: 84, f. 63, pl. 5, f. 37, TL: Tiyu, Chayu area Tibet, 2400m

Neptis theodora Oberthür, 1906
Tsekou, NW.Yunnan. See [About maps] Neptis theodora Oberthür, 1906; Étud. Lepid. Comp. 2 : 9, pl. 9, f. 3
Neptis themis theodora ; [MRS, 548]
Neptis theodora ; Huang, 2001
Neptis themis theodora ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 82 (note), f. 109-110
N. t. konekoi Koiwaya, 1996
Neptis theodora konekoi ; Huang, 2001

Neptis cartica Moore, 1872
-. See [About maps] Plain Sailer
Neptis cartica Moore, 1872; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1872 (2): 562
Neptis cartica cartica [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis cartica ; [BIR]; [BOR, 316]; [MRS, 539]
Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, N.Burma, N.Vietnam Neptis cartica cartica ; [BOR, 316]
N. c. burmana de Nicéville, 1886
S.Burma, N.Thailand cartica burmana de Nicéville, 1886; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal (2) 55: 251, pl. 11, f. 9
Neptis cartica burmana [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis cartica burmana ; [BOR, 316]
N. c. pagoda Yoshino, 1997
Yunnan Neptis cartica pagoda Yoshino, 1997; Neo Lepidoptera 2: 3, f. 20-21, TL: Xishuanbanna, Monghai, 1200m, Yunnan

Neptis sinocartica Chou & Wang, 1994
Guangxi. See [About maps] Neptis sinocartica Chou & Wang, 1994; in Chou, Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium 1-2: 765, 540, f. 52-53, TL: Longsheng, Guangxi

Neptis armandia Oberthür, 1876
C.China - W.China - Yunnan, S.Tibet. See [About maps] Neptis armandia Oberthür, 1876; Étud. d'Ent. 2 : 23
Neptis armandia [Wahlberg]
Neptis armandia ; [BOW: pl. 196, f. 16]; [BOR, 316]; [MRS, 543]
N. a. gafuri Tytler, 1940
Assam, Burma armandia gafuri Tytler, 1940; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 42 (1): 118
Neptis armandia gafuri ; [BOR, 316]
N. a. pila Tytler, 1940
Burma (S.Shan States) melba pila Tytler, 1940; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 42 (1): 118
Neptis armandia pila [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis armandia pila Tytler, 1940; [BOR, 316]
N. a. melba Evans, 1912
Sikkim armandia melba Evans, 1912; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 21 (2): 558, 578
Neptis armandia melba ; [BOR, 316]
N. a. manardia Eliot, 1969
Yunnan armandia manardia Eliot, 1969; Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 15: 104
Neptis armandia manardia [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis armandia manardia ; [MRS, 543]

Neptis cydippe Leech, 1890
C.China, W.China. See [About maps] Chinese Yellow Sailer
Neptis cydippe Leech, 1890; Entomologist 23 : 36
Neptis cydippe [Wahlberg]
Neptis cydippe [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis cydippe ; [BOW: pl. 196, f. 15]; [BOR, 316]; [MRS, 545]
N. c. kirbariensis Tytler, 1915
Assam cydippe kirbariensis Tytler, 1915; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 23: 510, TL: Naga Hills
Neptis cydippe kirbariensis ; [BOR, 316]
N. c. yongfui Huang, 2002
Yunnan, ...? Neptis cydippe yongfui ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 82 (note), f. 116

 

Neptis thestias Leech, [1892]
W.China. See [About maps] Neptis thestias Leech, [1892]; Butts China Japan Corea (1): 196 (1892-1894)
Neptis thestias ; [MRS, 541]

Neptis speyeri Staudinger, 1887
Amur, Ussuri, Korea, SE.China. See [About maps] Neptis speyeri Staudinger, 1887; in Romanoff, Mém. Lépid. 3 : 145, pl. 7, f. 3 a-b, TL: "Ussuri"
Neptis speyeri ; [BOW: pl. 196, f. 20]; [MRS, 539]; [BRU2: 22, pl. 12, f. 1-3]

Larva on Corylus heterophyllus [BRU2, 22]

Amur, ...
N. s. genulfa Oberthür, 1908
Yunnan Neptis speyeri genulfa Oberthür, 1908; Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 77: 310, pl. 5, f. 7
Neptis speyeri genulfa ; [MRS, 539]
N. s. chuang Yoshino, 1997
Guanxi Neptis speyeri chuang Yoshino, 1997; Neo Lepidoptera 2-2: 3, f. 17-20, TL: Longshen, Guanxi zhuan

Neptis esakii Nomura, 1935
Taiwan Neptis esakii Nomura, 1935; Zephyrus 6: 25, TL: Formosa
Neptis esakii ; [MRS, 542]

Neptis sylvana Oberthür, 1906
NW.Yunnan. See [About maps] Neptis sylvana Oberthür, 1906; Étud. Lepid. Comp. 2 : 16
Neptis sylvana ; [MRS, 542]

Neptis antilope Leech, [1892]
C.China - W.China, S.China. See [About maps] Variegated Sailer
Neptis antilope Leech, [1892]; Butts China Japan Corea (1): 35 (1892-1894)
Neptis antilope [Wahlberg]
Neptis antilope [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis antilope ; [MRS, 541]
N. a. simingensis Murayama, 1980
Neptis antilope simingensis Murayama, 1980; New Entomologist 29 (2): 50
Neptis antilope simingensis ; [MRS, 541]
Neptis antilope antilopsis ; [MRS, 541]
N. a. wuhaii Huang, 2002
Yunnan

Neptis meloria Oberthür, 1906
C.China - W.China. See [About maps] Neptis meloria Oberthür, 1906; Lep. Comp. 2: 12
Neptis meloria ; [MRS, 542]

Neptis guia Chou & Wang, 1994
Guangxi. See [About maps] Neptis guia Chou & Wang, 1994; in Chou, Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium 1-2: 765, 543, f. 54-55, TL: Longsheng, Guangxi
N. g. hainana Gu & Wang, 1994
Hainan Neptis guia hainana Gu & Wang, 1994; in Chou, Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2: 766, 543, f. 54, TL: Hainan

Neptis arachne Leech, 1890
C.China, W.China. See [About maps] Neptis arachne Leech, 1890; Entomologist 23 : 38
Neptis arachne [Wahlberg]
Neptis arachne ; [BOW: pl. 196, f. 11]; [MRS, 546]
N. a. giddeneme Oberthür, 1891
Yunnan, ...? Neptis arachne giddeneme Oberthür, 1891; Étud. d'Ent. 15 : 9, pl. 1, f. 7
Neptis arachne giddeneme ; [MRS, 546]

Neptis thetis Leech, 1890
-. See [About maps] Neptis thetis Leech, 1890; Entomologist 23 : 35, TL: Hubei
Neptis thetis [Wahlberg]
Neptis thetis ; [MRS, 548]
Hubei, Sichuan, Shaanxi
N. t. tibetothetis Huang, 1998
Yigong, Metok, SE.Tibet Neptis thetis tibetothetis Huang, 1998; Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 41: 230, pl. 6, f. 3b, 3d, 4b, 4d, pl. 7, f. 1c, 2c, TL: Yigong
N. t. pumi Yoshino, 1998
Yunnan Neptis thetis pumi Yoshino, 1998; Neo Lepidoptera 3: 2, f. 4, 8, TL: Weixi, NW.Yunnan
Neptis thetis pumi ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 82 (note)

Neptis nemorosa Oberthür, 1906
-. See [About maps] Neptis nemorosa Oberthür, 1906; Étud. Lepid. Comp. 2 : 16
Neptis nemorosa ; [MRS, 546]
Sichuan, ...?
N. n. diqingensis Yoshino, 1999
Yunnan, ...? Neptis nemorosa diqingensis Yoshino, 1999; Neo Lepidoptera 4: 2, f. 11-12, TL: Weisi, N.Yunnan
Neptis nemorosa diqingensis ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 82 (note)

Neptis alwina Bremer & Grey, 1853
S.Amur, Ussuri, NE.China, C.China, Korea, Japa. See [About maps] Neptis alwina Bremer & Grey, 1853; Schmett. N. China: 7, pl. 1, f. 4, TL: "Pekin" [Beijing]
?Neptis alwina Bremer & Grey, [1852]; in Motschulsky, Etud. Ent. 1: 59
Neptis alwina [Wahlberg]
Neptis alwina ; [MRS, 551]; [BRU2: 22, pl. 11, f. 10-12]

Larva on Prunus mume, P. salicina [MRS]

S.Amur, Ussur, NE.China Neptis alwina alwina ; [BRU2, 23]

Larva on Armeniaca mandshurica [BRU2, 23]

N. a. kaempferi d'Orza, 1867
SE.Mongolia kaempferi (d'Orza, 1867) (Limenitis); Lep. Jap.: 24
Neptis alwina kaemfri[sic] ; [BRU2, 23]
Korea alwina subspecifica Bryk, 1946; Ark. Zool. 38A (3): 35, TL: Korea
Neptis alwina subspecifica ; [BRU2, 23]

Neptis dejeani Oberthür, 1894
W.China, SW.China, Japan. See [About maps] Neptis dejeani Oberthür, 1894; Étud. d'Ent. 19 : 15
Neptis dejeani [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis dejeani ; [BOW: pl. 196, f. 12]; [MRS, 551]
Neptis alwina dejeani ; [BRU2, 23]

Larva on Leguminosae, Malvaceae [MRS]


Neptis beroe Leech, 1890
C.China, W.China. See [About maps] Neptis beroe Leech, 1890; Entomologist 23 (2): 26
Neptis beroe ; [MRS, 545]

Neptis divisa Oberthür, 1908
NW.Yunnan. See [About maps] Neptis divisa Oberthür, 1908; Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 77: 310
Neptis divisa [Wahlberg]
Neptis divisa ; [MRS, 550]

Neptis qianweiguoi Huang, 2002
Yunnan. See [About maps] Netpis qianweiquoi ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 82 (note)

Neptis lixinghei Huang, 2002
Yunnan. See [About maps] Netpis lixinghei ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 82 (note)

The ??? species-group

Neptis breti Oberthür²
W.China. See [About maps] Neptis breti ; [BOW: pl. 196, f. 14]

Neptis annaika Oberthür, 1906
W.China? Neptis annaika Oberthür, 1906; Étud. Lepid. Comp. 2 : 13, pl. 8, f. 5, TL: "Chinese Tibet"

Neptis nausicaa de Nicéville, 1897
New Guinea. See [About maps] Neptis nausicaa de Nicéville, 1897; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal (2) 66: 537
Neptis nausicaa ; [BOW: pl. 148, f. 13]
N.West Irian - N.New Guinea Neptis nausicaa nausicaa ; [BAUR, 235]
N. n. lyria Fruhstorfer, 1908
Waigeu nausicaa lyria Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 359, pl. 2, f. 12, TL: Waigeu
Neptis nausicaa lyria ; [BAUR, 235 (text)]
N. n. syxosa Fruhstorfer, 1908
NW.West Irian nausicaa syxosa Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 358, TL: Dorey?
sparagmata Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 412
Neptis nausicaa syxosa ; [BAUR, 235 (text)]
N. n. nivalis Talbot, 1932
West Irian (Snow Mts., Oetakwa River) nausicaa nivalis Talbot, 1932; Bull. Hill. Mus. 4: 164
Neptis nausicaa nivalis ; [BAUR, 235 (text)]
N. n. symbiosa Fruhstorfer, 1908
Papua, D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago nausicaa symbiosa Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 359
Neptis nausicaa symbiosa ; [BAUR, 235 (text)]

Neptis praslini (Boisduval, [1832])
New Guinea, Australia. See [About maps] Limenitis praslini Boisduval, [1832]; in d'Urville, Voy. Astrolabe (Faune ent. Pacif.), 1: 131
Neptis praslini [Wahlberg]
Neptis praslini [Don Herbison-Evans]
Neptis praslini ; [BOW: pl. 148, f. 18]

Larva on Phylacium bracteosum K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)

Bismarck Archipelago nemeus de Nicéville, 1897; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal (2) 66: 538
saloe Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 361
Neptis praslini praslini ; [BAUR, 234]
N. p. papua Oberthür, 1878
Gebe I. praslini papua Oberthür, 1878; Ann. Mus. Stor. nat. Genova 12: 460
Neptis praslini papua ; [BAUR, 234 (text)]
N. p. messogis Fruhstorfer, 1908
Waigeu praslini messogis Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 363, pl. 2, f. 10, TL: Waigeu
Neptis praslini messogis ; [BAUR, 234 (text)]
N. p. ronensis Grose-Smith, 1899
West Irian (Dore Bay, Roon I.) praslini ronensis Grose-Smith, 1899; Rhopalocera exotica, 3: 10, f. 5-7, TL: Roon I.?
Neptis praslini ronensis ; [BAUR, 234 (text)]
N. p. maionia Fruhstorfer, 1908
Mioswar, Jobi Is., N.West Irian - N.New Guinea praslini maionia Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 361
syxosina Talbot, 1932; Bull. Hill. Mus. 4: 164, TL: Humboldt Bay?
Neptis praslini maionia ; [BAUR, 234 (text)]
N. p. meridionalis Talbot, 1932
New Guinea (Astrolabe Bay) - S.Papua praslini meridionalis Talbot, 1932; Bull. Hill. Mus. 4: 164
Neptis praslini meridionalis ; [BAUR, 234 (text)]
N. p. woodlarkiana Montrouzier, 1856
Woodlark I., D'Entrecasteaux Is.? praslini woodlarkiana Montrouzier, 1856; Annls Sci. Phys. Lyon (2) 8: 406, TL: Woodlark I.
Neptis praslini woodlarkiana ; [BAUR, 234 (text)]
N. p. lactaria (Butler, 1866)
Aru Athyma lactaria Butler, 1866; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (3) 17: 98
Neptis praslini lactaria ; [BAUR, 234 (text)]
N. p. connexa Grose-Smith, 1899
Kai I., Wetar? praslini connexa Grose-Smith, 1899; Rhopalocera exotica, 3: 11, f. 8-9
terentia Fruhstorfer, 1907; Int. ent. Zs. 1 (24): 175 (7 September)
Neptis praslini connexa ; [BAUR, 234 (text)]
N. p. dorcas Grose-Smith, 1894
Biak Neptis dorcas Grose-Smith, 1894; Novit. zool. 1 (2): 354, TL: Biak
Neptis praslini dorcas ; [BAUR, 234 (text)]
N. p. meforensis Eliot, 1969
Noemfoor I. Neptis praslini meforensis ; [BAUR, 234 (text)]
N. p. staudingereana de Nicéville, 1898
Cape York - Cairns Neptis staudingereana de Nicéville, 1898; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 12 (1) : 139
Neptis staudingeriana[sic?] ; (spell.?)
Neptis praslini staudingereana ; [AUCL]; [BAUR, 234 (text)]

Neptis satina Grose-Smith, 1894
New Guinea. See [About maps] Neptis satina Grose-Smith, 1894; Novit. zool. 1 (2): 352, pl. 12, f. 3
Neptis satina damarete Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 357, TL: German New Guinea
Neptis satina ; [BOW: pl. 148, f. 20]; [BAUR, 235 (text)]

Neptis taiwana Fruhstorfer, 1908
Taiwan Neptis taiwana Fruhstorfer, 1908; Ent. Zs. 22 (31): 127, TL: Formosa
?horishana Matsumura, 1908; Ent. Zs. 22: 157, TL: Formosa
Neptis taiwana [Wahlberg]
Neptis taiwana ; [MRS, 541]

Larva on Phoebe formosana [MRS]


Neptis sedata Sasaki, 1982
Neptis sedata Sasaki, 1982; Tyô to Ga 33: 40, f. 1-6
Neptis sedata [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neptis sedata ; [BMP: 173, pl. 25, f. 28]

?Neptis ioannis Eliot, 1959
Burma. See [About maps] Neptis ioannis Eliot, 1959; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 7 (8): 374
?Lasippa ioannis ;

 

Neptis brebissonii (Boisduval, 1832)
-. See [About maps] Athyma brebissonii Boisduval, 1832; in d'Urville, Voy. Astrolabe (Faune ent. Pacif.), 1: 132
?mysolensis Rothschild, 1915; Novit. Zool. 22 (1): 132
Neptis brebissoni ; [EBW]
Neptis brebissonii ; [BAUR, 235]
N. b. metioche Fruhstorfer, 1908
Waigeu, Gebe Is. brebissonii metioche Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 356, TL: Waigeu
Neptis brebissonii metioche ; [BAUR, 235 (text)]
N. b. simbanga Hagen, 1897
New Guinea brebissonii simbanga Hagen, 1897; Jarhb. Nass. Ver. Nat.: 90
Neptis brebissonii simbanga ; [BAUR, 235 (text)]
N. b. dulcinea Grose-Smith, 1898
Noemfoor I. brebissonii dulcinea Grose-Smith, 1898; Novit. Zool. 5 (1): 109
Neptis brebissonii dulcinea ; [BAUR, 235 (text)]

The "African" species-group

Neptis swynnertoni Trimen, 1912
-. See [About maps] Neptis swynnertoni Trimen, 1912; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1912: 28
Neptis swynnertoni ; [AfrL]
E.Rhodesia Neptis swynnertoni swynnertoni ; [BAFR, 254]
?N. s. neavei Rothschild, 1918
S.Malawi (Mlanje, Zomba) swynnertoni neavei Rothschild, 1918; Novit. Zool. 25 : 341, TL: Nyasaland
?Neptis swynnertoni neavei ; [BAFR, 254]

Neptis saclava Boisduval, 1833
-. See [About maps] Neptis saclava Boisduval, 1833; Faun. ent. Madagascar, Lépid. : 49, TL: Madagascar
Neptis saclava [Wahlberg]
Neptis saclava ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 105, f. 12]; [AfrL]
Madagascar Neptis saclava saclava ; [BAFR, 249]; [MadL]; [AfrL]
N. s. marpessa Hopffer, 1855
Cameroun - Ethiopia - South Africa Small Spotted Sailer
Neptis marpessa Hopffer, 1855; Mber. dt. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 1855: 640
?pasteuri Snellen, 1882; Tijdschr. Ent. 25: 221
Neptis pasteuri ; [BOW: pl. 105, f. 12 (text only)]
Neptis saclava marpessa ; [BAFR, 349 (text)]; [BK: 322, pl. 44, f. 545]; [AfrL]

Larva on Acalypha glabrata, Combretum bracteosum, Ricinus communis [PBSA], Australina, Pilea [BK]


Neptis metella Doubleday, [1848]
-. See [About maps] metella Doubleday, [1848]; Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): pl. 35, f. 2
brunni Schultze, 1921; Archiv. Naturgesch. 81 (A) (12): 140, TL: SE.Cameroons?
Neptis metella [Wahlberg]
Neptis metella ; [BOW: pl. 105, f. 7]; [AfrL]
Guinea, Sierra Leone - Zaire, Uganda Neptis metella metella ; [BAFR, 249]; [AfrL]
N. m. flavimacula Jackson, 1951
E.Uganda (Mt Elgon) metella flavimacula Jackson, 1951; Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 20: 95
Neptis metella flavimacula ; [BAFR, 249 (text)]; [BK: 322, pl. 44, f. 546]; [AfrL]
N. m. gratilla Mabille, 1880
Madagascar (Tamatave) Neptis metella gratilla Mabille, 1880; C. R. Seances Soc. ent. Belg. 23: 106, TL: Madagascar
Neptis metella gratilla ; [BAFR, 249 (text)]

Neptis nemetes Hewitson, [1868]
Sierra Leone - Angola, Tanzania, W.Kenya. See [About maps] Neptis nemetes Hewitson, [1868]; Ill. exot. Butts 4 (67): pl. 1, f. 1-2, TL: Sierra Leone?
Neptis nemetes [Wahlberg]
Neptis nemetes ; [BOW: pl. 105, f. 8]; [AfrL]

Larva on Macaranga, Alchornea [BK]

Senegal - Sierra Leone, Angola, Zaire, Uganda, W.Kenya Neptis nemetes nemetes ; [BAFR, 249]; [BK: 322, pl. 4, f. 547]; [AfrL]
N. n. obtusa Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Ethiopia nemetes obtusa Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; Novit. Zool. 10 (3) : 536
Neptis nemetes obtusa ; [AfrL]
Cameroons Neptis nemetes margueriteae Fox, 1968; Bull. Inst. fond. Afr. noire (A) 30: 1249, TL: ?Lolodorf, Cameroon
Neptis nemetes margueriteae ; [AfrL]

The "agatha" species-group

Neptis agatha (Stoll, [1781])
Sierra Leone - Abyssinia, E.Africa - Natal. See [About maps] Papilio agatha Stoll, [1781]; in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (26b-28): pl. 327 (1780), f. A, B
lativittata Strand, 1909; Archiv. Naturgesch. 75 (1): 305
Neptis latvitta[sic?] ; [BAFR, 250]
latvittata ; (missp.)
Neptis agatha ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 105, f. 1]

Neptis laeta Overlaet, 1955
south of Sahara. See [About maps] Neptis laeta Overlaet, 1955; Explor. Parc. nat. Upemba, Miss. de Witte, fasc. 27: 91
Neptis laeta [Wahlberg]
Neptis laeta ; [BAFR, 249]; [BK: 323, f. 17a, pl. 44, f. 548]; [AfrL]

Larva on Dalbergia obovata [PBSA], Albizia, Acalypha [BK]


Neptis serena Overlaet, 1955
Moçambique, Rhodesia, Nigeria - E.Africa, SW.Arabia. See [About maps] River Sailer
Neptis serena Overlaet, 1955; Explor. Parc. nat. Upemba, Miss. de Witte, fasc. 27: 89
Neptis serena ; [BAFR, 250]
Neptis serena serena ; [BK: 324, f. 17a, pl. 44, f. 549]
Neptis serena ; [AfrL]
Neptis serena serena ; [AfrL]
N. s. annah Larsen, 1982
SW.Arabia Neptis serena annah ; [AfrL]

Neptis penningtoni van Son, 1977
Moçambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe - E.Tanzania, Kenya. See [About maps] Pennington's Sailer
Neptis penningtoni van Son, 1977; Ann. Transv. Mus. 30: 157
Neptis penningtoni ; [BAFR, 254 (text)]; [BK: 324, f. 17a, pl. 44, f. 550]; [AfrL]

Neptis kiriakoffi Overlaet, 1955
south of Sahara. See [About maps] Kiriakoff's Sailer
Neptis kiriakoffi Overlaet, 1955; Explor. Parc. nat. Upemba, Miss. de Witte, fasc. 27: 94
Neptis kiriakoffi ; [BAFR, 249]; [BK: 324, f. 17a, pl. 44, f. 551]; [AfrL]

Larva on Acalypha paniculata [PBSA], Paullinia, Australina, Pilea [BK]


Neptis morosa Overlaet, 1955
W.Africa - Kenya. See [About maps] Morose Sailer
Neptis morosa Overlaet, 1955; Explor. Parc. nat. Upemba, Miss. de Witte, fasc. 27: 97
Neptis morosa ; [BAFR, 250]; [BK: 325, f. 17b, pl. 44, f. 552]; [AfrL]

Neptis jordani Neave, 1910
Zambia, S.Zaire (Shaba), Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique. See [About maps] Jordan's Sailer
Neptis jordani Neave, 1910; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910: 33
Neptis jordani ; [BAFR, 250]; [BK: 325, f. 17b, pl. 51, f. 552a]; [AfrL]

Neptis alta Overlaet, 1955
Moçambique, Rhodesia, N.Botswana - Kenya, Uganda, Zaire. See [About maps] Neptis alta Overlaet, 1955; Explor. Parc. nat. Upemba, Miss. de Witte, fasc. 27: 90
Neptis alta ; [BK: 325, f. 17e, pl. 44, f. 553]; [AfrL]

Neptis gratiosa Overlaet, 1955
Angola, S.Zaire (Shaba), Mozambique, Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya. See [About maps] Neptis gratiosa Overlaet, 1955; Explor. Parc. nat. Upemba, Miss. de Witte, fasc. 27: 95
Neptis gratiosa ; [BAFR, 250]; [BK: 326, f. 17c, pl. 45, f. 554]; [AfrL]

Neptis constantiae Carcasson, 1961
-. See [About maps] Constance's Sailer
Neptis constantiae Carcasson, 1961; Occ. Pap. Coryndon meml Mus. (7): 6
Neptis constantiae ; [AfrL]
Uganda, W.Kenya Neptis constantiae constantiae ; [BAFR, 250]; [BK: 326, f. 17f, pl. 45, f. 555]; [AfrL]
N. c. kaumba Condamin, 1966
S.Zaire (Shaba, Kasai) constantiae kaumba Condamin, 1966; Bull. Inst. Afrique Noire (A) 28: 1028
Neptis constantiae kaumba ; [BAFR, 250 (text)]; [AfrL]

Neptis loma Condamin, 1971
Sierra Leone - Ghana. See [About maps] Neptis loma Condamin, 1971; Mem. Inst. fond. Afr. noire 86: 356
Neptis constantiae loma ; [BAFR, 250 (text)]
Neptis loma ; [AfrL]

Neptis angusta Condamin, 1966
Zaire (Sankuru - Ituri), Congo Republic. See [About maps] Neptis angusta Condamin, 1966; Bull. Inst. Afrique Noire (A) 28: 1029
Neptis constantiae angusta ; [BAFR, 250 (text)]
Neptis angusta ; [AfrL]

Neptis katama Collins & Larsen, 1991
Kenya (central highlands, endemic?). See [About maps] Neptis katama Collins & Larsen, 1991; in Larsen, The butterflies of Kenya and their natural history: 442, TL: Katamayu, Aberdare Mts, S. Kinangop
Neptis katama ; [BK: 326, f. 17f, pl. 45, f. 556, appendix 442]; [AfrL]

Neptis rogersi Eltringham, 1921
Kenya (coast, endemic), N.Tanzania?. See [About maps] Rogers' Sailor
Neptis rogersi Eltringham, 1921; Ent. Mag. 57: 57
Neptis rogersi ; [BAFR, 251]; [BK: 326, f. 17d, pl. 45, f. 557]; [AfrL]

Larva on Alchornea, Paullinia [BK]


 

Neptis nysiades Hewitson, [1868]
Senegal - Angola, Uganda. See [About maps] Neptis nysiades Hewitson, [1868]; Ill. exot. Butts 4 (67): pl. 1, f. 3-4
Neptis nysiades [Wahlberg]
Neptis nysiades ; [BAFR, 251]; [AfrL]

Neptis clarei Neave, 1904
Uganda, W.Kenya. See [About maps] Clare's Sailer
Neptis clarei Neave, 1904; Novit. Zool. 11 : 330, f. 2
?Neptis nysiades f. clarei ;
Neptis clarei ; [BAFR, 251]; [BK: 327, pl. 45, f. 558]; [AfrL]

Neptis conspicua Neave, 1904
W.Kenya, Uganda, Zaire?. See [About maps] Neptis conspicua Neave, 1904; Novit. Zool. 11 : 329, pl. 1, f. 15
?Neptis nysiades f. conspicua ;
Neptis conspicua ; [BAFR, 251]; [BK: 327, pl. 45, f. 559]; [AfrL]

Neptis sp.
W.Kenya, Uganda, Kivu. See [About maps] Neptis sp. ; [BK: 327, pl. 11, f. 559a]

Neptis poultoni Eltringham, 1921
E.Zaire, Uganda, W.Kenya. See [About maps] Neptis poultoni Eltringham, 1921; Ent. Mag. 57: 26
Neptis poultoni ; [BAFR, 249]; [BK: 328, pl. 45, f. 560]; [AfrL]

Larva on Paullinia, Clerodendrum [BK]


Neptis nina Staudinger, 1896
NE.Tanzania (Usambara), Taveta. See [About maps] Tiny Sailer
Neptis nina Staudinger, 1896; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 9 (2) : 369 (1897), f. 1
Neptis nina ; [BAFR, 252]; [BK: 328, pl. 11, f. 561a]; [AfrL]

Neptis nicomedes Hewitson, 1874
Sierra Leone - Angola, Zaire, Uganda, W.Kenya. See [About maps] Neptis nicomedes Hewitson, 1874; Ent. mon. Mag. 10: 205
Neptis nicomedes [Wahlberg]
Neptis nicomedes ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 104, f. 9]; [BAFR, 252]; [BK: 328, pl. 45, f. 561]; [AfrL]

Neptis strigata Aurivillius, 1894
Ivory Coast - Zaire, Uganda, W.Kenya. See [About maps] Neptis strigata Aurivillius, 1894; Ent. Tidskr. 15: 284
Neptis strigata ; [EBW]; [BAFR, 252]; [BK: 328, pl. 45, f. 562]; [AfrL]

Larva on Clerodendrum [BK]

Neptis strigata strigata ; [AfrL]
N. s. kakamega Collins & Larsen, 1996
Neptis strigata kakamega ; [AfrL]

Neptis nicobule Holland, 1892
Gabon, Cameroun, Liberia - Uganda, W.Kenya. See [About maps] Neptis nicobule Holland, 1892; Ent. News 3: 249, pl. 9
Neptis nicobule [Wahlberg]
Neptis nicobule ; [BAFR, 253 (text)]; [BK: 329, pl. 45, f. 563]; [AfrL]

Neptis nicoteles Hewitson, 1874
Ghana - W.Kenya, Tanzania (parts). See [About maps] Neptis nicoteles Hewitson, 1874; Ent. mon. Mag. 10: 206
Neptis nicoteles ; [BOW: pl. 105, f. 10]; [BAFR, 253]; [BK: 329, pl. 45, f. 563a]; [AfrL]

Neptis trigonophora Butler, 1878
Pondoland, Port St Johns, Moçambique, Rhodesia - Kenya, S.Somalia. See [About maps] Neptis trigonophora Butler, 1878; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 2 (8) : 177
Neptis trigonophora ; [AfrL]

Larva on Paullinia pinnata [PBSA]

W.Kenya (Mt Kenya) - E.Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, E.Rhodesia, E.Cape (Umzimvubu) Neptis trigonophora trigonophora ; [BAFR, 252]; [BK: 329, pl. 45, f. 564]; [AfrL]
?N. t. vansomereni Eltringham, 1929
Uganda - Cameroun trigonophora vansomereni Eltringham, 1929; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 77: 487
?Neptis trigonophora vansomereni ; [BAFR, 252 (text)]
N. t. melicertula Strand, 1912
W.Uganda (Budongo Forest) - Zaire trigonophora melicertula Strand, 1912; Arch. Naturgesch. 77 (Suppl. 4): 116
?intermedia Schultze, 1920; Ergeb. 2tn. Dt. Zent. Afrika Exp. 1 (14): 791
?Neptis intermedia ; [BAFR, 252]
Neptis trigonophora melicertula ; [AfrL]

The melicerta species-group

Neptis melicerta (Drury, 1773)
Sierra Leone - Ethiopia, Angola, Tanzania, W.Kenya. See [About maps] Streaked Sailer
melicerta (Drury, 1773); Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 2: pl. 19, f. 3-4
Neptis melicerta [Wahlberg]
Neptis melicerta melicerta ; [BK: 330, f. 18a, pl. 45, f. 565]
Neptis melicerta ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 105, f. 5]; [BAFR, 454 (or carcassoni?)]; [AfrL]

Larva on Alchornea, Macaranga, Abrus, Acacia, Dalbergia, Allophylus [BK, (some uncertainty as species has been split (carcassoni) since some records)]


Neptis carcassoni van Son, 1959
Moçambique, Rhodesia - Kenya, Tanzania. See [About maps] Carcasson's Streaked Sailer
carcassoni van Son, 1959; Novos Taxa ent. 15: 5
Neptis melicerta carcassoni ;
Neptis carcassoni ; [BK: 330, f. 18b, pl. 46, f. 566]; [AfrL]

Larva on Acalypha [BK]


Neptis goochii Trimen, 1879
Natal, Zululand, Moçambique, Rhodesia - E.Kenya. See [About maps] Small Streaked Sailer
Neptis goochii Trimen, 1879; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1879: 336
Neptis goochi ; [BK: 330, f. 18c, pl. 46, f. 567]
Neptis goochii ; [AfrL]

Larva on Acalypha sp. [PBSA]


 

Neptis incongrua Butler, 1896
Malawi, S.Tanzania. See [About maps] Neptis incongrua Butler, 1896; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond.: 112, pl. 6, f. 2
Neptis incongrua ; [BOW: pl. 105, f. 4]; [AfrL]
Neptis incongrua incongrua ; [BAFR, 255]; [AfrL]
N. i. isidoro Kielland, 1985
Neptis incongrua isidoro ; [AfrL]
N. i. nguru Kielland, 1987
Neptis incongrua nguru ; [AfrL]

Neptis aurivillii Schultze, 1913
Kenya (Teita Hills), Tanzania (mountains). See [About maps] Neptis aurivillii Schultze, 1913; Ent. Rundsch. 30: 124
Neptis incongrua aurivillii ; [BAFR, 255 (text)]
Neptis aurivillii ; Kielland, 1985, Lambillionea, 85: (?62-76); [BK: 331]; [AfrL]
Neptis aurivillii aurivillii ; [AfrL]
N. a. ufipa Kielland, 1990
Neptis aurivillii ufipa ; [AfrL]

Neptis occidentalis Rothschild, 1918
-. See [About maps] Neptis occidentalis Rothschild, 1918; Novit. Zool. 25 : 342
Neptis occidentalis ; [AfrL]
Kenya, Uganda Neptis occidentalis occidentalis ; [BAFR, 255]; [BK: 331, pl. 46, f. 569]; [AfrL]
N. o. batesii Hall, 1930
Cameroun occidentalis batesii Hall, 1930; Entomologist 63: 158
Neptis occidentalis batesii ; [BAFR, 255 (text)]; [AfrL]

Neptis kikuyuensis Jackson, 1951
Kenya (endemic, Aberdares, Kikuyu). See [About maps] Kikuyu Sailer
Neptis kikuyuensis Jackson, 1951; Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 20: 102
Neptis kikuyuensis ; [BAFR, 255]; [BK: 331, pl. 46, f. 570]; [AfrL]

Neptis woodwardi Sharpe, 1899
-. See [About maps] Woodward's Sailer
Neptis woodwardi Sharpe, 1899; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 3 (15) : 243
Neptis woodwardi; [BK: 332]
Neptis woodwardi [Wahlberg]
Neptis woodwardi ; [EBW]; [AfrL]
W.Kenya (W of Rift Valley), E.Uganda Neptis woodwardi woodwardi ; [BAFR, 255]; [AfrL]
N. w. translima Collins & Larsen, 1991
Kenya Neptis woodwardi translima Collins & Larsen, 1991; in Larsen, The butterflies of Kenya and their natural history: 443, pl. 46, f. 571, TL: Katamayu, Aberdare Mts, Kenya
Neptis woodwardi translima Cottrell; (unpubl.)
Neptis woodwardi translima ; [BAFR, 255]; [AfrL]

 

Neptis agouale Pierre-Baltus, 1978
Ivory Coast. See [About maps] Neptis agouale Pierre-Baltus, 1978; Lambillionea 78 (5-6): 40
Neptis agonale[sic?] ; [BAFR, 256 (name only)]
Neptis agouale ; [AfrL]
Neptis agouale agouale ; [AfrL]
N. a. parallela Collins & Larsen, 1996
Neptis agouale parallela ; [AfrL]

Neptis biafra Ward, 1871
Cameroun - Liberia. See [About maps] Neptis biafra Ward, 1871; Ent. mon. Mag. 8: 121
Neptis biafra [Wahlberg]
Neptis biafra ; [BAFR, 252]; [AfrL]

Neptis camarensis Schultze, 1920
Ivory Coast - C.Zaire. See [About maps] Neptis camarensis Schultze, 1920; Ergeb. 2tn. Dt. Zent. Afrika Exp. 1 (14): 789
Neptis camarensis ; [BAFR, 252]; [AfrL]

Neptis carlsbergi Collins & Larsen, 2005
Neptis carlsbergi ; [AfrL]

Neptis carpenteri d'Abrera, 1980
Uganda, E.Zaire. See [About maps] ?carpenteri Eltringham, 1922; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1921: 550
Neptis nemetes carpenteri ;
Neptis carpenteri ; [BK, 328 (note)]; [AfrL]

Neptis claude Collins & Larsen, 2005
Neptis claude ; [AfrL]

Neptis comorarum Oberthür, 1890
Comoro Is. Neptis comorarum Oberthür, 1890; Étud. d'Ent. 13 : 14, pl. 2, f. 9a-b, TL: Comoro Is.
Neptis comorarum ; [BOW: pl. 105, f. 3 (text only)]; [AfrL]
Grand Comoro Neptis comorarum comorarum ; [BAFR, 248]; [AfrL]
N. c. legrandi Turlin, 1994
Neptis comorarum legrandi ; [AfrL]
?N. c. leighi Rothschild, 1918
Anjouan I. comorarum leighi Rothschild, 1918; Novit. Zool. 25 : 341
Neptis decaryi Le Cerf, 1928; Encycl. ent., Serie B, 3 (3): 125, TL: Madagascar
Neptis decaryi ; [BAFR, 248 (text)]
Neptis comorarum leighi ; [BAFR, 248 (text)]

Neptis continuata Holland, 1892
Sierra Leone - Zaire, W.Uganda (Bwamba). See [About maps] Neptis continuata Holland, 1892; Ent. News 3: 249
Neptis continuata ; [BAFR, 251]; [AfrL]

Neptis cormilloti Turlin, 1994
Neptis cormilloti ; [AfrL]

Neptis dentifera Schultze, 1920
Cameroun. See [About maps] Neptis dentifera Schultze, 1920; Ergeb. 2tn. Dt. Zent. Afrika Exp. 1 (14): 787
Neptis dentifera ; [AfrL]; [BAFR, 252]

Neptis dumetorum Boisduval, 1833
Réunion I. Neptis dumetorum Boisduval, 1833; Faun. ent. Madagascar, Lépid. : 50, pl. 7, f. 6
Neptis dumetorum ; [BAFR, 248]; [AfrL]

Neptis eltringhami Joicey & Talbot, 1926
São Tomé I. Neptis eltringhami Joicey & Talbot, 1926; Entomologist 59: 223, TL: São Tomé I.
Neptis eltringhami ; [BAFR, 250]; [AfrL]

Neptis exaleuca Karsch, 1894
-. See [About maps] Neptis exaleuca Karsch, 1894; Berl. ent. Z. 39: 9, f. 5
Neptis exaleuca [Wahlberg]
Neptis exalenca[sic] ; [BOW: pl. 105, f. 2 (missp.)]
Neptis exaleuca ; [AfrL]
Cameroun - W.Zaire Neptis exaleuca exaleuca ; [BAFR, 254]; [AfrL]
N. e. suffusa Rothschild, 1918
Uganda, E.Zaire exaleuca suffusa Rothschild, 1918; Novit. Zool. 25 : 341
Neptis exaleuca suffusa ; [BAFR, 254 (text)]; [AfrL]

Neptis frobenia (Fabricius, 1798)
Mauritius Papilio frobenia Fabricius, 1798; Ent. Syst. (Suppl.): 425, TL: Madagascar?
Neptis frobenia ; [BOW: pl. 105, f. 3]; [BAFR, 248]; [AfrL]

Neptis gracilis (Kirsch, 1885)
Tanimbar Athyma gracilis Kirsch, 1885; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1885: 276, pl. 19, f. 4
Neptis dohertyi Grose-Smith, 1895; Novit. Zool. 2 (2): 79, TL: Tenimber
Neptis gracilis ; [BAUR, 235]

Neptis infusa Birket-Smith, 1960
W.Cameroun (Makak on Nyong R.). See [About maps] Neptis infusa Birket-Smith, 1960; Bull. inst. Fr. d'Afr. Noire (A) 22: 950
Neptis infusa ; [BAFR, 254 (text)]; [AfrL]

Neptis jamesoni Godman & Salvin, 1890
C.Zaire - Cameroun. See [About maps] Neptis jamesoni Godman & Salvin, 1890; in Jameson, Story Rear Column: 436
Neptis jamesoni ; [BOW: pl. 105, f. 6]; [BAFR, 253]; [AfrL]

Neptis kikideli Boisduval, 1833
Madagascar. See [About maps] Neptis kikideli Boisduval, 1833; Faun. ent. Madagascar, Lépid. : 50, TL: Madagascar
Neptis kikideli ; [BAFR, 249]; [MadL]; [AfrL]

Neptis larseni Wojtusiak & Pyrcz, 1997
Neptis larseni ; [AfrL]

Neptis lermanni Aurivillius, 1896
Zaire, Congo Republic. See [About maps] Neptis lermanni Aurivillius, 1896; Ofv. Akad. Forh. ?: 431
Neptis lermanni ; [BOW: pl. 105, f. 5 (text only)]; [BAFR, 253]; [AfrL]

Neptis liberti Pierre & Pierre-Baltus, 1998
Neptis liberti ; [AfrL]

Neptis livingstonei Suffert, 1904
German East Africa (?Lukuledi) Neptis livingstonei Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 126, pl. 3, f. 10
Neptis livingstonei ; [BAFR, 251 (text, only type known)]; [AfrL]

Neptis lugubris Rebel, 1914
highland forest (SW.Uganda, E.Zaire). See [About maps] Neptis lugubris Rebel, 1914; Ann. naturhist. Hofmus. Wien. 28: 241, pl. 18, f. 4
Neptis lugubris ; [BAFR, 250 (text)]; [AfrL]

Neptis marci Collins & Larsen, 1998
Neptis marci ; [AfrL]

Neptis matilei Pierre-Balthus, 2000
Neptis matilei ; [AfrL]

Neptis mayottensis Oberthür, 1890
Comoro Is. Neptis mayottensis Oberthür, 1890; Étud. d'Ent. 13 : 14, f. 10a-b, TL: Comoro Is.
Neptis mayottensis ; [BOW: pl. 105, f. 3 (text only)]; [BAFR, 248]; [AfrL]

Neptis mixophyes Holland, 1892
Zaire, Gabon, Cameroun, Nigeria. See [About maps] Neptis mixophyes Holland, 1892; Ent. News 3: 249, pl. 9
Neptis mixophyes ; [BAFR, 254]; [AfrL]

Neptis metanira Holland, 1892
Cameroun, Gabon - Zaire, W.Uganda. See [About maps] Neptis metanira Holland, 1892; Ent. News 3: 249, pl. 9
Neptis metanira ; [BAFR, 251]; [AfrL]

Neptis najo Karsch, 1893
W.Africa. See [About maps] Neptis najo Karsch, 1893; Berl. ent. Z. 38: 186, pl. 5, f. 1
Neptis najo ; [AfrL]

Neptis nebrodes Hewitson, 1874
Liberia - Nigeria, Gabon, Angola. See [About maps] Neptis nebrodes Hewitson, 1874; Ent. mon. Mag. 10: 206
Neptis nebrodes ; [BOW: pl. 105, f. 6 (text only)]; [BAFR, 254]; [AfrL]

Neptis ochracea Neave, 1904
-. See [About maps] Neptis ochracea Neave, 1904; Novit. Zool. 11 : 330
Neptis ochracea ; [BOW: pl. 105, f. 2 (text only)]; [AfrL]
E.Uganda, C.Uganda Neptis ochracea ochracea ; [BAFR, 254]; [AfrL]
N. o. ochreata Gaede, 1915
W.Uganda, E.Zaire Neptis ochracea ochreata ; [BAFR, 254 (text)]; [AfrL]
N. o. mildbraedi Gaede, 1915
Cameroun ochracea mildbraedi Gaede, 1915; Int. ent. Z. 9: 38
Neptis ochracea mildbraedi ; [BAFR, 254 (text)]; [AfrL]
N. o. lualabae Berger, 1981
Neptis ochracea lualabae ; [AfrL]
N. o. uluguru Kielland, 1985
Neptis ochracea uluguru ; [AfrL]
N. o. reductata Larsen, 1995
Neptis ochracea reductata ; [AfrL]

Neptis paula Staudinger, 1896
Sierra Leone. See [About maps] Neptis paula Staudinger, 1896; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 9 (2) : 368 (1897), pl. 8, f. 2
Neptis paula ; [BOW: pl. 105, f. 11]; [BAFR, 252]; [AfrL]

Neptis puella Aurivillius, 1894
Uganda - Ivory Coast, NE.Sierra Leone (Loma Mts.). See [About maps] Neptis puella Aurivillius, 1894; Ent. Tidskr. 15: 285
Neptis puella ; [BAFR, 252]; [AfrL]

Neptis quintilla Mabille, 1890
W.Africa. See [About maps] Neptis quintilla Mabille, 1890; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (6) 10: 21, pl. 2, f. 7
Neptis quintilla ; [AfrL]

Neptis rothschildi Eltringham, 1921
Zaire (Kasai - Ituri). See [About maps] Neptis rothschildi Eltringham, 1921; Ent. Mag. 57: 28
Neptis rothschildi ; [BAFR, 252]; [AfrL]

Neptis seeldrayersi Aurivillius, 1895
Ivory Coast - Uganda. See [About maps] Neptis seeldrayersi Aurivillius, 1895; Ent. Nachr. 21: 379
Neptis seeldrayersi ; [BAFR, 251]
Neptis seeldrayersii ; [BOW: pl. 105, f. 13]; [BK, 325 (note)]
Neptis seeldrayersi ; [AfrL]

Neptis sextilla Mabille, 1882
E.Madagascar. See [About maps] Neptis sextilla Mabille, 1882; Le Naturaliste 2: 99, TL: Madagascar
Neptis sextilla ; [BAFR, 253 (text)]; [MadL, fn. 81, (ab.?, hybdrid? kikideli x _saclava)]; [AfrL]

Neptis troundi Pierre-Baltus, 1978
Ivory Coast. See [About maps] Neptis troundi Pierre-Baltus, 1978; Lambillionea 78 (5-6): 36
Neptis troundi ; [BAFR, 256 (name only)]; [AfrL]

Neptis vindo Pierre-Baltus, 1978
Ivory Coast. See [About maps] Neptis vindo Pierre-Baltus, 1978; Lambillionea 78 (5-6): 42
Neptis vindo ; [BAFR, 256 (name only)]; [AfrL]

Neptis vingerhoedti Pierre-Baltus, 2003
Congo Republic. See [About maps] Neptis vingerhoedti Pierre-Baltus, 2003; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 108 (5): 440
Neptis vingerhoedti ; [AfrL]


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References:
[AUCL]
Nielsen & Rangsi, 1996; Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia; CSIRO, Australia
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[AfrL]
Mark C. Williams; Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); e-mail: Mark C. Williams
[BAFR]
D'Abrera, 1980; Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region
[BAUR]
D'Abrera, 1977; Butterflies of the Australian Region (2nd edn)
[BHL]
The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!
[BIR]
Wynter-Blyth, M. A., 1957; Butterflies of the Indian Region; (1982 Reprint)
[BK]
Larsen, Torben B., 1996; The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history
[BMP]
Eliot (Ed.), Corbet & Pendlebury, 1992; The Butterflies of The Malay Peninsula; 4th edition; ISBN 983-9681-05-2
[BOR]
D'Abrera, B., 1982, 1985, 1986; Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part I-III
[BOW]
Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X
[BRU2]
Tuzov (ed.), Bogdanov, Churkin, Devyatkin, Dantchenko, Murzin, Samodurov, Zhdanko, 2000; Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories; Libytheidae, Danaidae, Nymphalidae, Riodinidae, Lycaenidae; Volume 2
[Don Herbison-Evans]
and Stella A. Crossley; Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans
[EBW]
Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6
[ESP]
Heppner, 1981; The dates of E. J. C. Esper's Die Schmetterlinge in Abblidungen... 1776-[1830]; Archives of Natural History (1981) 10 (2): 251-254
[H&R]
Higgins, L.G, Riley, N.D, 1970; A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Europe
[HBN]
Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[Jaroslaw Bury]
Poland; Lepidoptera of West Palearctic Region
[Kedar Tokekar]
India
[LAMAS-2005]
Gerardo Lamas; Entomofauna 26 (6): 57-100; A Bibliography of the Zoological Publications of Hans Fruhstorfer (1886* - 1922+)
[LAMAS-NEO]
Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
[MRS]
Chou Io (Ed.); Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2
[MadL]
Lees, D.C., Kremen, C. and Raharitsimba, H. 2003; in S.M. Goodman & J. P. Benstead (eds.), The Natural History of Madagascar; Classification, Diversity and Endemism of the Butterflies (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea): A Revised Species Checklist: : pp. 762-793; University of Chicago Press. 1709 pp.
[Mario Maier]
Europäische Schmetterlinge; e-mail: Mario Maier
[NHM]
Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index
[Oleg Kosterin]
Institue of Cytology & Genetics; Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/
[Olli Vesikko]
http://koti.welho.com/ovesikko/
[PBSA]
Dickson, C.G.C (ed.), Kroon, D.M.; Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa; AD. DONKER 1978
[Peter Smetacek]
Nature research & adventure in the Himalaya
[S. Shuichi Haupt]
e-mail: S. Shuichi Haupt; http://www.tu-berlin.de/fb7/ioeb/biologie/stefan.htm
[Simon Coombes]
1 Park Street, Plymouth, PL3 4BL, UK; 01752 607854; e-mail: Simon Coombes; http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk
[Wahlberg]
Niklas Wahlberg; The NSG's voucher specimen database; Nymphalidae Systematics Group
[Yutaka Inayoshi]
A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China; Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM
[²]
This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.


Some related literature:
Boisduval, 1832
Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandément de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage. Lépidoptères in d'Urville, Voy. Astrolabe (Faune ent. Pacif.), 1: 267pp, pl. 1-5
Boisduval, 1833
Faune Entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lépidoptéres Faun. ent. Madagascar, Lépid. : 1-122, pl. 1-16 (Repaged offprint from Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. nat. Paris 2 (2): 149-270)
Bremer & Grey, [1852]
Diagnoses de Lépidopterères nouveaux, trouvés par Mm. Tatarinoff et Gaschkewitch aux environs de Pekin in Motschulsky, Etud. Ent. 1: 58-67
Bremer & Grey, 1853
Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-Fauna des nördlichen China Schmett. N. China: 23pp, [2 pls]
Bryk, 1942
Zur Kenntnis der Großschmetterlinge der Kurilen Dt. Ent. Zeit. Iris, 56: 3-113 [?-90], 4fgs, 2pls
Butler, 1867
Description of new or little-known Species of Asiatic Lepidoptera Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (3) 20 (120) : 399-404, pl. 8-9
Butler, 1871
Descriptions of five new species, and a new genus , of diurnal Lepidoptera, from Shanghai Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 19 (3): 401-403
Butler, 1878
Descriptions of several new Species of Lepidoptera in the Collection of the British Museum Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 2 (8) : 177-179
Butler, 1878
On some Butterflies recently sent home from Japan by Mr. Montagne Fenton Cist. Ent. 2 (19): 281-286
Butler, [1879]
The butterflies of Malacca Trans. linn. Soc. Lond. (2) 1 (8): 533-568, pl. 68, 69
Butler, 1886
On Lepidoptera collected by Major Yerbury in Western India Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1886 (3): 355-395, pl. 35
Carcasson, 1961
New and Little-known African Lepidoptera Occ. Pap. Coryndon meml Mus. (7): 23pp, 5pls
Corbet, 1937
Observations on Species of Nymphalidae and Riodinidae from the Malay Peninsula Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 6 (5): 99-104
de Nicéville, [1889]
On new or little-known Butterflies from the Indian Region J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, (II) 57 (4): 273-293, pl. 13-14
de Nicéville, 1890
On new and little-known Butterflies from the Indian Region, with Descriptions of three new Genera of Hesperidae J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 5 (3) : 199-225, pl. D-E
de Nicéville, 1894
On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan region J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal (II) 63 (1): 1-59, pl. 1-5
de Nicéville, 1898
On New and Little-Known Butterflies from the Indo-Malayan, Austro-Malayan and Australian Regions J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 12 (1) : 131-161, pl. X-Z,AA
Doherty, 1891
A list of the butterflies of Engano, with some remarks on the Danaidae J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, (2) 60 (1): 4-32, 4figs
Doherty, 1891
The Butterflies of Sumba and Sumbawa, with some Account of the Island of Sumba J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, (2) 60 (2): 141-197, pl. 2
Doubleday, [1848]
The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habitats and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus; illustrated with 86 plates by W. C. Hewitson Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): 1-18, pl. A, 1-4 (1-2) (1846) 19-132, pl. 4x, 5-25, 28 (3-14) (1847) 133-200, pl. 1x, 26, 27, 29, 31-44 (15-23) (1848) 201-242, pl. 30, 45-52, 56-58, 60-62, 64 (24-31) (1849) 243-250 [?] (2): 243-326, pl. 53-55, 63, 65, 66 (32-38) (1850) 327-466, pl. 59, 67-77 (39-50) (1851) 467-534, 143, 144, pl. 78-80 (Index) (51-54) (1852)
Druce, 1874
A List of the Lepidopterous Insects collected by Mr. L. Layard at Chentaboon and Nahconchaisee, Siam, with Descriptions of new Species Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (1): 102-109, pl. 16
Drury, 1773
Illustrations of natural history; wherein are exhibited ... Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 2: 90pp, 50pls
K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991
Review of Australian Butterflies: distribution, life history and taxonomy. Pushlished by authors, Melbourne Review Austr. Butts. (1-4):
Eliot, 1959
New or little known Butterflies from Malaya Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 7 (8): 371-391, 7 figs., pl. 10
Eliot, 1969
An analysis of the Eurasian and Austalian Neptini Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 15: 155pp, 3pls
van Eecke, 1914
Studien über Indo-Australische Lepidopteren, Fauna Simalurensis Notes Mus. Leiden 36: 193-258
Eltringham, 1922
African species of the genus Neptis Fab. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1921: 532-589
Esper, 1783
Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Theil I. Die Tagschmetterlinge. Fortsetzung. Band 2 Die Schmett. Th. I, Bd. 2 (1): 1-36, pl. 51-56 (1780) (2): 37-68, pl. 57-62 (1781) (3): 69-100, pl. 63-68 (1781) (4): 101-124, pl. 69-74 (1781) (5): 125-140, pl. 75-80 (1782) (7): 141-156, pl. 81-82 (1783) (8): 157-172, pl. 83-88 (1783) (9): 173-184, pl. 89-92 (1784) (28): 185-190, pl. 93 (1786)
Evans, 1912
A list of Indian butterflies J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 21 (2): 553-584 (3): 969-1008
Evans, 1924
The identification of Indian Butterflies (5) J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 30: 72-96, 4pls
Evans, 1932
The Identification of Indian Butterflies (edn. 2) Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): x + 454pp, 9 figs, 32 pls
Fabricius, 1807
Systema Glossatorum. Die neueste Gattungs-Eintheilung der Schmetterlinge aus den Linnéischen Gattungen Papilio und Sphinx Magazin f. Insektenk. (Illiger) 6: 277-295
C. & R. Felder, 1863
Lepidoptera nova a Dr. Carolo Semper in Insulis Philippinis collecta diagnosibus. (3) Wien. ent. Monats. 7 (4): 105-127
C. & R. Felder, [1867]
Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte "Novara" - Zoolog. 2 (2). Lepidoptera 1. Rhopalocera Reise Fregatte Novara, Lep. Rhop. (3): Heft (3), 379-548, pls. 48-74
Fruhstorfer, 1900
Neue Rhopaloceren aus Nias Stettin. ent. Ztg 60 (4): 348-351 (April)
Fruhstorfer, 1905
Neue Rhopaloceren aus dem indo-malayischen Gebiet Soc. Ent. 20 (6): 41-42 (15 June)
Fruhstorfer, 1905
Neue Rhopaloceren aus Borneo Soc. Ent. 20 (7): 49-50 (1 July)
Fruhstorfer, 1905
Neue Neptis-(Phaedyma) Lokalrassen Ent. Zs. 19 (17): 89-90, f. 2-4 (18): 99-101
Fruhstorfer, 1907
Historische Notizen über Neptis lucilla Denis und Beschreibung von neuen Formen Soc. Ent. 22 (7): 50-51 (1 July)
Fruhstorfer, 1907
Neues über eine alte Neptis Int. ent. Zs. 1 (21): 149-150 (17 August) (22): 159-161 (24 August) (23): 166-167 (31 August) (24): 174-176 (7 September) (25): 183-184 (14 September)
Fruhstorfer, 1908
Versuch einer monographischen Revision der Indo-Australischen Neptiden Stettin. ent. Ztg 69 (2): 240-412, pl. 1-3 (May)
Fruhstorfer, 1908
Lepidopterologisches Pêle-Mêle. VII. Neue Rhopaloceren von Formosa. VIII. Neue paläarktische Satyriden-Rassen Ent. Zs. 22 (31): 127-128 (31 October)
Fruhstorfer, 1908
Eine neue Neptis von der Insel Saleyer Int. ent. Zs. 2 (38): 238-239 (19 December)
Fruhstorfer, 1912; Fruhstorfer, 1913
6. Familie: Nymphalidae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 453-456 (31 January, 1912) 457-488 (18 March, 1912) 489-496 (25 May, 1912) 489-496 (10 May, 1912) 497-504 (15 April, 1912) 505-512 (10 May, 1912) 513-528 (11 April, 1912) 529-552 (20 April, 1912) 553-592 (15 May, 1912) 593-616 (25 September, 1912) 617-632 (15 October, 1912) 633-640 (25 October, 1912) 641-656 (10 January, 1913) 657-664 (12 January, 1913) 665-680 (13 January, 1913) 681-688 (25 January, 1913) 689-696 (16 June, 1913) 697-704 (5 August, 1913) 705-712 (20 January, 1914) 713-720 (20 November, 1913) 721-744 (9 March, 1914) 745-751 (30 July, 1915) 753-760 (28 March, 1914) 761-766 (14 April, 1914)
Fruhstorfer, 1912
Eine neue Nymphalide des Kgl. Naturalienkabinetts Stuttgart Ent. Rundschau 29 (18): 118 (14 September)
Fujioka, 1970
Butterflies collected by the Lepidopterological Research Expedition to Nepal Himalaya, 1963. Part 1. Papilionoidea Spec. Bull. Lepid. Soc. Japan (4): 1-125
Gaede, 1915
Neue Afrikanische Lepidoptera des Berliner Zoologisches Museums Int. ent. Z. 9: 38-40, 71-74, 79-80, 1pl
Goeze, 1779
Entomologische Beyträge zu des Ritter Linné zwolften Ausgabe des Natursystems Ent. Beyträge 3 (1): 1-390
Grose-Smith, 1894
An Account of a Collection of Diurnal Lepidoptera from New Guinea (Parts I-III) - made by Mr. W. Doherty at Humboldt Bay, Dutch New Guinea, and in neighbouring islands, in the Museum of the honourable Walter Rothschild at Tring, with descriptions of new species Novit. zool. 1 (2): 331-365 543-551 (3): 571-584
Grose-Smith, 1895
Descriptions of new species of butterflies, captured by Mr. Doherty in the islands of the Eastern Archipelago, and now in the Museum of the Hon. Walter Rothschild at Tring Novit. Zool. 2 (2): 75-85 (4): 505-514
Grose-Smith, 1898
Descriptions of new species of Oriental butterflies Novit. Zool. 5 (1): 103-110
Hall, 1930
New forms of Nymphalidae in the collection of the British Museum Entomologist 63: 156-160
Herrich-Schäffer, [1851]
Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa, zugleich als Text, Revision und Supplement zu J. Hübner's Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge, 1843 (-1855), Die Tagfalter Syst. Bearb. Schmett. Europ. 1 Text (ii) Plates _Papilionides_ (iii) Plates _Hesperides_ (9): Title ("1843") (1): [1-3], 4-16, (ii) pl. 1-5, f. 1-29 (1843) (2): 17-40, (ii) pl. 29-34, f. 131-156 (1843) (3): 41-56, (ii) pl. 6-12, f. 30-60, pl. 35-36, f. 157-164 (1844) (4): 57-80, (ii) pl. 13-22, f. 61-107 (1844) (5): 81-90, (ii) pl. 23-28, f. 108-130, pl. 37-41, f. 165-189 (1844) (6): 91-98, (ii) pl. 42-44, f. 190-203 (1844) (7): 99-114, (ii) pl. 45-52, f. 204-248 (1844) (9): 115-122 (1844) (10): 123-146, (ii) pl. 53-57, f. 249-274 (1845) (11): 147-162 (1845) (12): (iii) pl. 1-3, f. 1-17 (1845) (13): 163-164, (ii) pl. 58-65, f. 275-315 (1846) (14): (ii) pl. 66-70, f. 316-338, (iii) pl. 4-5, f. 18-30 (1846) (26): (ii) pl. 71-77, f. 339-376 (1847) (32): (ii) pl. 78-82, f. 377-400 (1848) (36): (ii) pl. 83-89, f. 401-426, (iii) pl. 6, f. 31-36 (1848) (37): (ii) pl. 90-91, f. 427-437 (1849) (43): (ii) pl. 92-94, f. 438-450, 452-453 (1850) (45): (ii) pl. 95-102, f. 453-489 (1850) (47): (ii) pl. 103, f. 490-495 (1851) (49): (ii) pl. 104-109, f. 496-528 (1851) (51): (ii) pl. 110-118, f. 529-570 (1851) (54): (ii) pl. 119-123, f. 571-596 (1852) (56): (ii) pl. 124-127, f. 597-618, pl. 130-132, f. 628-639, pl. 134, f. 646-651 (1852) (59): (ii) pl. 128-129, f. 619-627, pl. 133, f. 640-645 (1853) (65): (iii) pl. 7, f. 37-42, (index) [1], 2-20 (1854) (66): (index) 21-24 (1855)
Heyne, [1895]
Satyridae, Lycaenidae in Rühl, Die palaearktischen Grossschmetterlinge und ihre Naturgeschichte 1 (Tagfalter): 385-857
Hewitson, [1868]
Illustrations of new species of exoctic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson (1867-1871) Ill. exot. Butts 4 (61): [83-84],[101-102], pl. [45],[54] (1867) (62): [19-20],[47-48],[103-106], pl. [11],[26],[55-56] (1867) (63): [7-8],[15-16],[77-78], pl. [5],[9],[42] (1867) (64): [29-30],[107-108], pl. [16-17],[57] (1867) (65): [21-22],[65-68], pl. [12],[36-37] (1868) (66): [31-34],[49-50], pl. [18-19],[27] (1868) (67): [1-2],[63-64],[109-110], pl. [1],[35],[58] (1868) (68): [41-46], pl. [23-25] (1868) (69): [39-40],[61-62],[95-96], pl. [22],[34],[51] (1869) (70): [3-4],[23-24],[111-112], pl. [2], [13],[59] (1869) (71): [51-52],[59-60], pl. [28-29],[33] (1869) (72): [5-6],[113-114], pl. [3-4],[60] (1869) (73): [9-14], pl. [6-8] (1870) (74): [57-58],[71-74], pl. [32],[39-40] (1870) (75): [79-80],[91-94], pl. [43],[49-50] (1870) (76): [35-38],[81-82], pl. [20-21],[44] (1870) (77): 25-28],[53-54], pl. [14-15],[30] (1871) (78): [17-18],[55-56],[69-70], pl. [10],[31],[38] (1871) (79): [75-76],[85-88], pl. [41],[46-47] (1871) (80): [89-90],[97-100], pl. [48],[52-53] (1871) (83): [115-118] (1872)
Holland, 1920
Lepidoptera of the Congo. Being a Systematic List of the Butterflies and Moths Collected by the American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition Together with Descriptions of Some Hitherto Undescribed Species Bull. amer. Mus. nat. Hist. 43 (6) : 109-369, pl. 6-14
Hopffer, 1874
Beitrag zur Lepidoptera-Fauna von Celebes Stett. ent. Ztg 35 (1): 17-47
Huang, 1998
Research on the butterflies of the Namjagbarwa Region, S. E. Tibet Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 41: 207-264
Huang, 2001
Report of H. Huang's 2000 Expedition to SE. Tibet for Rhopalocera Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 51: 65-152
Huang, 2003
A list of butterflies collected from Nujiang (Lou Tse Kiang) and Dulongiang, China with descriptions of new species, and revisional notes Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 3-114
Huang & Wu, 2003
New and little known Chinese butteflies in the collection of the Institue of Zoology, Academia Sinica, Beijing - 1 Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 115-143
Huang & Xue, 2004
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Hübner, [1819]
Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816) (2): 17-32 (1819) (3): 33-48 (1819) (4): 49-64 (1819) (5): 65-80 (1819) (6): 81-96 (1819) (7): 97-112 (1819) (8): 113-128 (1819) (9): 129-144 (1819) (10): 145-160 (1819) (11): 161-176 (1819) (12): 177-192 (1820) (13): 193-208 (1820) (14): 209-224 (1821) (15): 225-240 (1821) (16): 241-256 (1821) (17): 257-272 (1823) (18): 273-288 (1823) (19): 289-304 (1823) (20): 305-320 (1825) (21): 321-336 (1825) (22): 337-352 (1825) (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])
Joicey & Talbot, 1926
New forms of Lepidoptera from the island Sao Thomé Entomologist 59: 220-226
Kielland, 1985
New and little known Rhopalocera from Tanzania Lambillionea, 85: 62-76
Leech, 1890
New species of Lepidoptera from China Entomologist 23 (2): 25-26 : 26-50 81-83 109-114, pl. 1
Leech, [1892]
Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea Butts China Japan Corea (1): 1-297, pl. 1-28 (1892-1894) (2): 297-681, pl. 29-43 (1893-1894)
Linnaeus, 1758
Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 1-338 339-824
Mabille, 1880
Note sur une collection de Lépidoptéres C. R. Seances Soc. ent. Belg. 23: 104-109
Mabille, 1882
Description Lépidoptères de Madagascar Le Naturaliste 2: 99-100
Mabille, 1890
Voyage de M. Ch. Allaud dans le territoire d'Assinie (Afrique occidentale) en juillet et aout 1886. Lépidoptéres avec des notes sur quelques autres espéces d'Afrique Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (6) 10: 17-51, 2pls
Matsumura, 1919
Thousand Insects of Japan. Additamenta 3 Thous. Ins. Japan. Addit. 3: 99-100? [4], 475-740, 1-34, +3, +2, pl. 26-53 + explics
Matsumura, 1929
Some new butterflies from Japan, Korea and Formosa Insecta Matsumurana 3 (2/3): 87-107
Ménétriés, 1859
Lépidoptères de la Sibérie orientale et en particulier des rives de l'Amour Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Pétersb. 17: 212-221
Montrouzier, 1856
Faune de l'lle de Woodlark ou Moiou Annls Sci. Phys. Lyon (2) 8: 393-412
Moore, 1857; Moore, [1858]
A Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy (1) : 1-278, pl. 1-11,1a,2a,3a,4a,5a,6a
Moore, 1858
A monograph of the Asiatic Species of Neptis and Athyma, two Genera of diurnal Lepidoptera belonging to the Family Nymphalidae Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1858 (347/348): 3-20, pl. 49-51
Moore, 1872
Descriptions of new Indian Lepidoptera Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1872 (2): 555-583, pl. 32-34
Moore, 1874; Moore, [1875]
Descriptions of new Asiatic Lepidoptera Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (4): 565-579, pls. 66-67
Moore, 1877
The Lepidopterous Fauna of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877 (3): 580-632, pl. 58-60
Moore, 1878
List of Lepidopterous Insects collected by the late R. Swinhoe in the Island of Hainan Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (3): 695-708
Moore, 1881
Descriptions of new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 29 (3): 305-313
Moore, 1898; Moore, 1899
Lepidoptera Indica. Rhopalocera. Family Nymphalidae. Sub-family Nymphalinae (continued), Groups Potamina, Euthalina, Limenitina Lepidoptera Indica 3 (25): 1-24, pl. 191-198 (1896) (26): 25-48, pl. 199-206 (1896) (27): 49-72, pl. 207-214 (1897) (28): 73-96, pl. 215-222 (1897) (29): 97-112, pl. 223-230 (1897) (30): 113-128, pl. 231-238 (1898) (31): 129-144, pl. 239-246 (1898) (32): 145-168, pl. 247-254 (1898) (33): 169-192, pl. 255-262 (1898) (34): 193-216, pl. 263-270 (1898) (35): 217-232, pl. 271-278 (1898) (36): 233-254, pl. 279-286 (1899)
Neave, 1904
On a large collection of Rhopalocera from the shors of the Victoria Nyanza Novit. Zool. 11 : 323-363
Nordmann, 1851
Die im Gebiete der Fauna Taurico-Caucasica beobachteten Schmetterlinge Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 24 (4): 395-428, 6 pls
Oberthür, 1876
Espèces nouvelles de Lépidopterès recueillis en Chine par M. l'abbé A. David / Lépidoptères nouveaux de la Chine Étud. d'Ent. 2 : 13-34, pl. 1-4
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Oberthür, 1890
Lépidoptères des iles Comores Étud. d'Ent. 13 : 7-15, pl. 1-5
Oberthür, 1891
Nouveaux Lépidoptères d'Asie Étud. d'Ent. 15 : 7-25, pl. 1-3
Oberthür, 1894
Lépidoptères d'Europe, d'Algérie, d'Asie et d'Océanie Étud. d'Ent. 19 : 1-41, pl. 1-8
Oberthür, 1906
Observations sur les Neptis à taches jaunes de la région sino-thibétaine Étud. Lepid. Comp. 2 : 7-18, pl. 8-9
Okubo, 1983
Butterflies of Tioman Island, West Malaysia, with the description of new species Tyô to Ga 33: 168-184, 47 figs
Pallas, 1771
Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs in den Jahren 1768-1774 Reise Russ. Reich. 1: 1-504, 23pls
Pryer, 1877
Description of new Species of Lepidoptera North China Cistula Ent. 2: ?-231-236-?
Rebel, 1914
Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Expedition R. Grauernach. Zentralafrika. 1909-1911. Lepidoptera Ann. naturhist. Hofmus. Wien. 28: 219-294
Riley, 1932
Description of new Siamese Rhopalocera J. Siam. Soc. 8 (4): 249-254, pl. 22 (suppl.)
Rothschild, 1892
Notes on a Collection of Lepidoptera made by William Doherty in Southern Celebes during August and September 1891. Part I, Rhopalocera Dt. ent. Z. Iris 5 (2) : 429-442
Rothschild, 1915
On Lepidoptera from the islands of Ceram (Seran), Buru, Bali, and Misol Novit. Zool. 22 (1): 105-144 (2): 209-227
Rothschild, 1918
Some Apparently New Forms of African Nymphalidae Novit. Zool. 25 : 338-345
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Lepidoptera collected by Oscar Neumann in north-east Africa Novit. Zool. 10 (3) : 491-542
Röber, 1891
Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Indo-Australischen Lepidopteren-Fauna Tijdschr. Ent. 34: 261-334 (1891) 35: 85-86, pl. 3-6 (1892)
Sasaki, 1982
A new species of the genus Neptis Fabricius (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) from West Malaysia Tyô to Ga 33: 40-43, 6 figs
Seitz, 1908
Die Großschmetterlinge des Palaearktischen Faunengebietes. 1. Die Palaearktischen Tagfalter Gross-Schmett. Erde 1 : 1-379
Semper, 1889
Die Schmetterlinge der Philippinischen Inseln. Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen Reisen Philipp. (1): 1-46, pl. 1-8, A (1886) (2): 47-86, pl. 9-16 (1887) (3): 87-134, pl. 17-24 (1888) (4): 135-174, pl. 25-32 (1889) (5): 175-238, pl. 33-38, B (1890) (6): 239-270, pl. 39-46 (1891) (7): 271-380, pl. 47-49 [iv] (1892)
Sharpe, 1899
Description of Two new Butterflies collected by Major E. M. Woodward in Nandi, Equatorial Africa Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 3 (15) : 243-244
Shirôzu, 1953
New or little know butterflies from the North-Eastern Asia, with some synonymic notes. I Sieboldia 1 (1952): 11-37, 11pls
Smetacek, 2004
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Staudinger, 1887
Neue Arten und Varietäten von Lepidopteren aus dem Amur-Gebiete in Romanoff, Mém. Lépid. 3 : 126-232, pl. 6-12, 16-17
Staudinger, 1889
Lepidoptera der Insel Palawan Dt. ent. Z. Iris 2 (1) : 3-180, pl. 1-2
Staudinger, 1896
Neu palaearktische Heteroceren Dt. ent. Z. Iris 9 (2) : 365-376, 400 (1897)
Stoll, [1781]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (26b-28): 29-90, pl. 305-336 (1780) (29-31): 91-164, pl. 337-372 (1781) (32-32): 165-252, 1-29, pl. 373-400 (1782)
Strand, 1909
Lepidoptera von Ober-Guinea und Sudan, gesammelt von Herrn Leo Frobenius Archiv. Naturgesch. 75 (1): 303-311
Suffert, 1904
Neue Tagfalter aus Deutsch-Ost-Afrika Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 124-132
Swinhoe, 1893
New species of Oriental Lepidoptera Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 12 (70) : 254-265
Swinhoe, 1896
New Species of Lepidoptera from the Khasia Hills Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 17 (101) : 357-363
Swinhoe, 1897
New eastern Lepidoptera Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 19 (112): 407-410
Tytler, 1926
Notes on some new and interesting Butterflies from India and Burma (2) J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 31 (3): 578-590, pl. 2-3, 5
Tytler, 1940
Notes on some new and interesting butterflies chiefly from Burma 2 J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 42 (1): 109-123
Ward, 1871
Descriptions of new species of diurnal Lepidoptera Ent. mon. Mag. 8: 34-36, 58-60, 81-82, 118-122
Yoshino, 1997
New Butterflies from China 2 Neo Lepidoptera 2: 1-8
Yoshino, 1997
New Butterflies from China 3 Neo Lepidoptera 2-2: 1-10
Yoshino, 1998
New Butterflies from China 4 Neo Lepidoptera 3: 1-7
Yoshino, 1999
New Butterflies from China 5 Neo Lepidoptera 4: 1-10


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