EURASIAN & AUSTRALIAN NEPTINI 51 



N. praslini lactaria (Butler) 



Athyma lactaria Butler, 1866 : 98. Aru Is. ? type BMNH. 

 Neptis praslini lactaria (Butler) Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 614. 



Aru Is. 



N. praslini connexa Grose Smith 



Neptis connexa Grose Smith, 1899 : 11, pi. Neptis 3, figs. 8, 9 £. Ke Is. $ type BMNH. 

 Neptis praslini terentia Fruhstorfer, 1908a : 365, pi. 2, fig. 11 <J. Wetter [loc. err.], syn. n. 



Type Paris. Preoccupied by N. hylas terentia Fruhstorfer, 1907, but a replacement name is 



not needed. 

 Neptis praslini connexa Smith ; Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 614. 

 Neptis praslini terentia Fruhstorfer ; Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 614. 



Key Is. 



N. praslini dorcas Grose Smith 

 (Text-fig. 12) 



Neptis dorcas Grose Smith, 1894 : 354. Biak, Schouten Is. $ type BMNH. 

 Neptis dorcas Grose Smith ; Grose Smith & Kirby, 1895 : 4, pi. Neptis 1, figs. 7, 

 Neptis praslini dorcas Smith ; Fruhstorfer, 191 3 : 614. 



Schouten Is. 



N. praslini meforensis ssp. n. 



o*$ nearest to ssp. dorcas, from which it differs as follows. On the upper surface the fore 

 wing streak beyond cell is longer and more pointed ; the upper part of the hind wing discal 

 band, above vein 3, is one third as wide again. On the under surface the hind wing discal 

 band is wider than on the upper surface, oval in shape, and vein 5 is not dark dusted. 



Holotype^. Mefor Is. : (Geelvink Bay), viii.1920 (C. F. & J. Pratt). 

 Allotype $. Same data as holotype. 

 Described from 4 <$, 4 $ from Mefor Is. 



N. praslini staudingereana de NiceVille 

 (Text-fig. 8) 



Staudinger (nee Boisduval), 1886 : 146, pi. 50 ' <$ ' recte $. 

 de NiceVille (nee Boisduval), 1897 : 534, text-fig. <$. 

 staudingereana de Niceville, 1898 : 139. Northern Australia. 

 staudingeriana [misspelling] de Niceville ; Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 615. 

 staudingereana de Niceville ; Waterhouse, 1932 : 81, pi. 12, fig. 3. 



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Neptis prasli 

 Neptis praslini 

 Neptis praslini 

 Neptis prasli 



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Neptis praslini 



N.E. Australia (Queensland) 



