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2V. vikasi sabanga ssp. n. 



(PI. 1, fig. 7, Text-fig. 22) 



This subspecies from Pulo Weh (a small island some 15 miles off the northern tip of Sumatra) 

 is the darkest of the vikasi subspecies, and at first glance might be passed over as an example 

 of N. ilira cindia [infra]. However it is separable from the latter by the tell-tale vein 7 of the 

 hind wing, as well as by the hind wing discal band being directed to the costa between veins 7 

 and 8 and by its faintly chequered cilia. 



o* on the upper surface the ground colour is almost black, with the usual paler markings 

 reduced in size and more fuliginous than in any other subspecies, and the fore wing postdiscal 

 spot in space 3 very small or obsolete. On the under surface the pale markings are also more 

 fuliginous and are overlaid by a strong violet wash. 



$ on the upper surface with the paler markings contrasting with the ground colour better than 

 in the male. On the under surface with a strong violet wash, as in the male. 



Holotype<J. Pulo Weh : 23J.1908 (G. Meade-Waldo). In BMNH. 

 Allotype $. Pulo Weh : Sabang, 8.iii.i936 (Rev. A. Dalby). In University 

 Museum, Oxford, where there are also 2 <$ paratypes taken by the same collector. 



N. vikasi simaluria van Eecke 



Neptis vikasi simaluria van Eecke, 1914 : 241. o" Sinabang, Simalur. Type Leiden. 

 Neptis vikasi pallida pallida van Eecke, 1918 : 89, pi. 8, fig. 12 ' £ ' recte ? Pulo Lasia (a small 

 island off Simalur). syn. n. Type Leiden. 



This subspecies is nearest to ssp. ragusa, but the ground colour is darker, more 

 blackish brown, so that the pale markings contrast better, especially in the female 

 in which they are whitish. 



None in BMNH. 



N. vikasi kheilii (Moore) 



Bimbisara kheilii Moore, 1899 : 11. q"$ Nias. Types BMNH. 



Neptis vikasi lasara Fruhstorfer, 1899a : 350. Nias. 



Neptis vikasi kheili (Moore) (syn. lasara Fruhstorfer) Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 612, pi. 125b $. 



The markings are paler than in any other subspecies and in the female almost 

 pure white. 



Nias. 



N. vikasi norica ssp. n. 



(PI. i, fig. 6) 



o* nearest to ssp. simaluria, but on the upper surface the ground colour is a little more blackish 

 and the paler markings a little more fuliginous, so that the impression is of a dingier insect. 

 The fore wing upper postdiscal band is a little narrower, the hind wing discal band a little wider 

 than in simaluria. On the under surface generally similar to ssp. simaluria, though the pale 

 markings are a little less contrasting. 



