io2 J. N. ELIOT 



As Fruhstorfer clearly used f. paliens for an infra-subspecific category, the name is 

 not available, under the International Rules, to designate any of the orange-yellow 

 subspecies unless validated by a subsequent author. I do not myself propose to 

 use the name, which is best regarded as a nomen dubiuni within the synonymy of 

 the nominate subspecies. 



N.W. Himalayas (Mussoorie area only). 



N. zaida baileyi ssp. n. 



o* on the upper surface resembles ssp. bhutanica except that all the markings are orange- 

 yellow of the same shade as in ssp. thawgawa Tytler. On the under surface also marked as in 

 bhutanica, i.e. with all the markings much more clearly defined than in sspp. thawgawa and 

 zaida, but the fore wing cell streak and lower postdiscal band are pale yellow instead of off-white 

 whilst the hind wing postdiscal band is narrower and placed further from the termen. 



Holotype^. Nepal : Nepal Valley, Godaveri, 5000 ft., 4. v. 1936 (F. M. Bailey). 



Described from 8 <$ all taken in May 1936, 1937 and 1938 in the same locality 

 (a few miles east of Katmandu). 



N. zaida bhutanica Tytler 



Neptis zaida bhutanica Tytler, 1926 : 582, pi. 2, fig. 5 q\ Bhutan, q* cotype BMNH. 

 Neptis zaida bhutanica Tytler ; Gaede, 1930 : 197, pi. 12c labelled ' chutanica '. 

 Neptis zaida bhutanica Tytler ; Evans, 1932 : 170. 



Sikkim, Bhutan. 



N. zaida manipurensis Tytler 



Neptis zaida manipurensis Tytler, 1926 : 583, pi. 2, fig. 6 q*. Manipur. 5* cotype BMNH. 

 Neptis zaida manipuriensis [misspelling] Tytler ; Evans, 1932 : 170. 



Manipur (only the cotype). 



N. zaida thawgawa Tytler 

 Neptis zaida thawgawa Tytler, 1940 : 119. J Htawgaw, N.E. Burma. Type BMNH. 



N.E. Burma (only the type). A single male from N.W. Yunnan (Upper Mekong 



Valley) differs but little. 



N. zaida putoia Evans 

 Neptis zaida putoia Evans, 1932 : 170. Dawnas. 5* type BMNH. 

 South Burma (only the type), Siam (2 <$). 



