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N. sylvana esakii Nomura stat. n. 



Neptis esakii Nomura, 1935 : 29, figs. 3, 7 $. Formosa. 



Neptis esakii Nomura ; Shirozu, i960 : 218, pi. 47, figs. 422-423 o\ text-fig. 244 <J genitalia. 



None in BMNH. 



Neptis meloria Oberthur 

 (Text-fig. 55) 



Neptis meloria Oberthur, 1906 : 12, pi. 8, fig. 5. Tien-tsuen, Siao-Lou, Tchang-Kou. <J type 



BMNH labelled ' Ta-Tsien-Lou '. 

 Neptis zaida meloria Oberthur ; Stichel, 1909 : 178, pi. 54b. 



The female appears to be unknown. 

 Central and Western China. 



Neptis armandia (Oberthur) 



N. armandia armandia (Oberthur) 

 (Text-fig. 56) 



Limenitis armandia Oberthur, 1876 : 23, pi. 4, figs. 4a, 4b. China. $ type BMNH. Form 



with narrow, rather sullied markings. 

 Neptis armandia mothone Fruhstorfer, 1907b : 279. $ China, probably Chang Yang. Type 



Paris. Form with wider and clearer yellow markings. 

 Neptis armandia mothone i. taphos Fruhstorfer, 1907b : 279. West China, syn. n. of 



armandia. A female in Paris bearing a type label and MS label ' armandia ? saphos Fruhst.' 



may be the type. 

 Neptis armandia (Oberthur) Stichel, 1909 : 178, pi. 54d. 



Neptis (Bimbisara) armandia mothone Fruhstorfer ; Fruhstorfer, 191 3 : 619. 

 Neptis {Bimbisara) armandia armandia (Oberthur) ; Fruhstorfer, 191 3 : 619. 

 Neptis (Bimbisara) armandia taphos Fruhstorfer ; Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 619. 

 Neptis armandia-tristis Oberthur, 1916 : pi. 407, fig. 3513. Tien-Tsuen. Aberration with 



obsolescent markings. $ type BMNH. 

 Neptis armandia-laetifica Oberthur, 1916 : pi. 407, fig. 3514. Ta-Tsien-Lou. syn. n. of 



mothone. $ type BMNH. 

 Neptis armandia tristis Oberthur ; Gaede, 1930 : 197, pi. i2d. 



The division between the two forms, f. armandia (syn. taphos) with narrow, sullied 

 markings, and f. mothone (syn. laetifica) is not very clear-cut, particularly amongst 

 males. 



Central and Western China. 



N. armandia manardia ssp. n. 



(PL 2, fig. 16) 



In the Upper Mekong Valley and in the Indo-Burmese area darker forms analogous 

 with f. armandia do not occur and the species is monomorphic. 



In both sexes differs from ssp. armandia f. mothone in having the clear yellow 

 hind wing discal and postdiscal bands wider, the former being between one half 



