EURASIAN & AUSTRALIAN NEPTINI 99 



N. ananta lucida Lee stat. n. 



(Text-figs. 60, 61) 



Neptis lucida Lee, 1962 : 145, pi. 3, figs. 15, 16. Yunnan. 



Examples from the Upper Mekong Valley, provisionally placed under this sub- 

 species, are intermediate between ssp. chinensis and ssp. ananta on the upper surface, 

 but closely resemble the latter on the under surface and in possessing fuscous cilia. 



N.W. Yunnan. 



N. ananta ananta Moore 

 (Text-fig. 66) 



Neptis ananta Moore, 1857 : 166. N. India. ? type BMNH. 



Stabrobates ananta (Moore) Moore, 1899 : 22, pi. 297, figs, i-igo"? wet and dry season forms. 



Neptis ananta ananta Moore (syn. sitis Fruhstorfer) ; Evans, 1932 : 168. 



Moore's figures are difficult to identify with certainty ; except for figs ie and, 

 possibly, if, g they probably represent ssp. ochracea Evans. 



N.W. Himalayas (Chamba to Mussoorie). 



N. ananta ochracea Evans 

 (Text-figs. 63, 64, 65) 



Bimbisara ananta ananta I. sitis Fruhstorfer, 1908a : 392. Bhutan, 'dry season form'. ? $ 



type Paris. 

 Neptis (liimbisara) ananta ananta Moore f. sitis (Fruhstorfer) Fruhstorfer, 191 3 : 620. 

 Neptis ananta ochracea Evans, 1924 : 79. Sikkim to Karens (high), q* type BMNH from 



Karens. 

 Neptis mackwoodi Tytler, 1926 : 582, pi. 2, fig. 1 q*- Karen Hills. Type BMNH. Aberration. 

 Neptis ananta ochracea Evans ; Evans, 1932 : 168. 



As Fruhstorfer expressly referred his f. sitis to an infra-subspecific rank the 

 name does not take priority over ochracea Evans. In Paris there is a wet season 

 form male from Darjeeling labelled as the type of sitis. As Fruhstorfer regarded 

 all seasonal forms of ananta as dry season forms it is possible that this specimen 

 was before him when he described sitis, despite the inconsistency in location. 



Assam (Khasi Hills, Naga Hills, Manipur), Burma (as far south as East Pegu). 

 Examples from Sikkim and Bhutan generally have slightly wider and paler markings 

 and are not quite typical. 



N. ananta learmondi Tytler 

 (Text-fig. 62) 



Neptis ananta learmondi Tytler, 1940 : 118 partim q* nee $. Loi Mwe, South Shan States. 

 6" holotype BMNH. 



Weakly differentiated from ssp. ochracea by slightly broader and brighter orange 

 markings. The female allotype, labelled ' Taping, S.S.S., 15.xii.24 ', is a specimen 



