86 J. N. ELIOT 



Holotype <$. N. Borneo: Kina Balu, xii. 1898 - ii. 1899 (/. Waterstradt). 



Allotype $. N. Borneo : Kina Balu, 5.viii.i903 (/. Waterstradt). 



Described from 4 $, 2 $ Sumatra and 2 $, 1 $ Borneo ; also 1 <$ Malaya (coll. 

 Hislop). Examples from N.E. India (i <$ Lushai Hills), Burma (i J Putao Rd., 

 1 (J, 1 $ S. Burma) and Siam (i $ E. Siam, i $ S.E. Siam) differ slightly in having 

 the fore wing postdiscal spot in space 3 absent in the male (usually present, though 

 minute, in Malaysian examples, including the type) and in having a narrower dark 

 band beyond the hind wing postdiscal band. 



N. ilira ria ssp. n. 



(PI. 1, fig. 9) 



o* differs from ssp. cindia in having all the pale markings a little wider and paler, both on the 

 upper and under surface, so that it presents a considerably less dingy appearance. 



Holotype^. Java: (no further data). Unique. 



N. ilira ilira Kheil 



Neptis ilira Kheil, 1884 : 24 pavtim 6* nee $, pi. 3, fig. 13 o*. Nias. 

 Neptis vikasi ilira Kheil ; Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 612, pi. 125a $. 



Nias. 



N. ilira palawanica Staudinger stat. n. 



Neptis harita var. palawanica Staudinger, 1889 : 64. Palawan. 

 Neptis vikasi palawanica Staudinger ; Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 612. 



Palawan. 



Neptis pseudovikasi (Moore) 

 (Text-fig. 23) 



Bimbisara pseudovikasi Moore, 1899 : 7, pi. 291, figs. i-ic<J?. Sikkim, Assam. Types BMNH. 



Neptis vikasi suavior Fruhstorfer, 1908a : 351. Assam. q"$ types Paris. 



Neptis vikasi harita Moore wet season form pseudovikasi (Moore) Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 611. 



Neptis vikasi suavior Fruhstorfer ; Fruhstorfer, 191 3 : 611. 



Neptis vikasi pseudovikasi (Moore) (syn. suavior Fruhstorfer) ; Evans, 1932 : 168. 



N.E. India, N. Burma (as far south as South Shan States), Tonkin. 



Neptis nitetis Hewitson 



N. nitetis nitetis Hewitson 

 (Text-fig. 25) 



Neptis nitetis Hewitson, 1868 : pi. Neptis, fig. 5 $. $ Philippines. Type BMNH. 



Neptis nitetis Hewitson ; Semper, 1889 : 150 parti-m. 



Bimbisara vikasina (Staudinger MS) Moore, 1899 : 12. [nom. nud.] 



Neptis nitetis nitetis Hewitson ; Fruhstorfer, 191 3 : 611. 



Mindanao, Leyte. 



