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L. viraja nar (de Niceville) comb. & stat. n. 



Neptis nar de Niceville, 1891 : 349, pi. F, fig. 6 $. S. Andamans. 

 Neptis (Bimbisara) sankara nar de Niceville ; Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 619. 

 Neptis sankara nar de Niceville ; Evans, 1932 : 167. 



Andaman Is. The undescribed male has pale orange markings, tinged with 

 white, except for the hind wing postdiscal band, which consists of a series of narrow, 

 detached, pure orange streaks. On the under surface all the markings are whitish, 

 as in the female. 



Lasippa monata (Weyenbergh) comb. n. 

 L. monata monata (Weyenbergh) comb. n. 



Neptis monata Weyenbergh, 1874 : 408. Banka. 



Neptis fuliginosa Moore, 1881a : 310. Moulmein. syn. n. Dry season form. 



Neptis thamala Moore, 1886 : 36, pi. 3, fig. 1 $. Mergui Archipelago, syn. n. Wet season 



form. 

 Neptis monata Weijenbergh [sic] ; Snellen, 1897 : 141, pi. 6, fig. 3. 

 Pandassana fuliginosa (Moore) (syn. thamala Moore) Moore, 1899 : 12, pi. 293, figs, i-ig 6"? we t 



and dry season forms. 

 Bimbisara fuliginosa serapica Fruhstorfer, 1908a : 406. o* N.E. Sumatra, syn. n. Type 



Paris. 

 Bimbisara fuliginosa arnoldi Fruhstorfer, 1908a : 407. Borneo, syn. n. 

 Neptis (Bimbisara) fuliginosa fulginosa Moore ; Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 622. 

 Neptis (Bimbisara) fuliginosa thamala Moore ; Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 622. 

 Neptis (Bimbisara) fuliginosa monata Weyenbergh ; Fruhstorfer, 1913 ; 622. 

 Neptis (Bimbisara) fuliginosa serapica Fruhstorfer ; Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 622. 

 Neptis (Bimbisara) fuliginosa arnoldi Fruhstorfer ; Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 622. 



There is a great deal of individual variation, apparently independent of season, 

 in the ground colour of the under surface, which ranges from white tinged with 

 orange to rich, brownish orange. 



Burma, Siam, Malaya, Sumatra, Banka, Borneo. Also 1 <$ Java [? loc. err.]. 



L. monata cura (Weymer) comb. & stat. n. 



Neptis cura Weymer, 1885 : 265, pi. 1, fig. 5. Nias. 



Neptis (Bimbisara) fuliginosa cura Weymer ; Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 622. 



Nias. 



Lasippa illigerella (Staudinger) comb. n. 



Neptis illigerella Staudinger, 1889 : 63. Palawan. 



Bimbisara calliplocama Fruhstorfer, 1908a : 401, pi. 3, fig. 17 o*. 0*$ Palawan. Types Paris. 

 Neptis (Bimbisara) illigerella Staudinger (syn. calliplocama Fruhstorfer) ; Fruhstorfer, 191 3 : 

 621, pi. 126c o*- 



Palawan, where it represents L. monata but differs so greatly that it seems best 

 to maintain its specific status. 



