EURASIAN & AUSTRALIAN NEPTINI 47 



Lasippa illigera (Eschscholtz) comb. n. 

 L. illigera illigera (Eschscholtz) comb. n. 



NepHs illigera Eschscholtz, 1821 : 212, pi. 8, figs. 17a, 17b. Philippines. 



Athyma illigera (Eschscholtz) Moore, 1858 : 19, pi. 51, fig. 4. 



Neptis livilla Wallengren, i860 : 36. Manilla. 



Neptis illigera Eschscholtz ; Semper, 1889 : 148, pi. 29, fig. 170"- 



Neptis eschscholtzia Semper, 1889 : 149. q* Luzon. ? var. or minor ab. 



Bimbisara illigera illigera (Eschscholtz) [syn. livilla Wallengren] ; Fruhstorfer, 1908a : 400. 



Neptis {Bimbisara) illigera illigera Eschscholtz ; Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 621. 



Neptis {Bimbisara) eschholtzia [misspelling] Semper ; Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 621. 



The minor differences between L. illigera and L. eschscholtzia, as described by 

 Semper, are hardly sufficient to justify the assumption, on the basis of a single 

 specimen, that the latter is a distinct species. 



Luzon. 



L. illigera hegesias (Fruhstorfer) comb. n. 



Neptis illigera Eschscholtz ; Semper, 1889 : pi. 29, fig. 18 $. 



Neptis {Bimbisara) illigera hegesias Fruhstorfer, 191 3 : 621. Guimaras. 



The type is the specimen figured by Semper. The differences between this 

 subspecies and ssp. illigera are very slight and the name is of doubtful worth. 



Negros. None from the type locality in BMNH. 



L. illigera calayana (Fruhstorfer) comb. n. 



Neptis illigera Eschscholtz ; Semper, 1889 : pi. 29, fig. 16 $. 



Bimbisara illigera calayana Fruhstorfer, 1908a : 400. Insel Calayan, Babuyanes-Gruppe. 



Neptis {Bimbisara) illigera calayana (Fruhstorfer) Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 621. 



The type is the specimen figured by Semper. 

 Babuyanes Is. (Fuga Is.). 



L. illigera alabatana (Fruhstorfer) comb. n. 



Neptis illigera Eschscholtz ; Semper, 1889 : pi. 29, fig. 15 $. 

 Bimbisara illigera albatana Fruhstorfer, 1908a : 400. Insel Alabat. 

 Neptis {Bimbisara) illigera alabatana (Fruhstorfer) Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 621. 



The type is the specimen figured by Semper. None in BMNH. 



