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and one third as wide again. On the under surface the reddish brown areas are 

 paler and reduced in extent. 



Holotype <J. N.W. Yunnan ; Upper Mekong Valley, Tse-Kou, 1892 (R. P. J. 

 Dubernard) . 



Allotype $. 1900, otherwise same data as the holotype. 



Described from 17 <$, 4 9 from N.W. Yunnan, i <$ Menkong, South Tibet and 

 1 £ ' chasseurs de Ta-Tsien-Lou '. 



N. armandia pila Tytler stat. n. 



Neptis melba pila Tytler, 1940 : 118. <J$ Loi Mwe, South Shan States. Types BMNH. 



The yellow markings are much paler than in the preceding subspecies. 

 South Shan States. 



iV. armandia gafuri Tytler stat. n. 



Neptis antilope Tytler (nee Leech), 1915 : 508. Naga Hills. 



Neptis antilope antilope Evans (nee Leech), 1932 : 169. 



Neptis melba gafuri Tytler, 1940 : 118. ^9 Naga Hills. Types BMNH. 



Naga Hills (Assam). 



N. armandia melba Evans stat. n. 



Neptis melba Evans, 1912 : 578. Sikkim. (J 9 types BMNH. 

 Neptis melba Evans ; Fruhstorfer, 1915 : 747. 

 Neptis antilope melba Evans ; Evans, 1932 : 169. 



Sikkim. 



Neptis hesione Leech 



N. hesione hesione Leech 



(Text-fig. 57) 



Neptis hesione Leech, 1890 : 34. ' £ ' recte $ Chang Yang. Type BMNH. 



Neptis hesione Leech ; Leech, 1892 : 194, pi. 18, fig. 1 <J. 



Neptis armandia var. hesione Leech ; Stichel, 1909 : 178, pi. 54c!. 



Central and Western China. 



N. hesione podarces Nire 



Neptis hesione Leech podarces Nire, 1920 : 374. Formosa. 



Neptis karenkonis Matsumura, 1929a : 94, pi. 4, fig. 9 $. $ Formosa. 



Neptis hesione podarces Nire (syn. karenkonis Matsumura) ; Shirozu, i960 : 224, pi. 48, figs. 



441-444 0*$, text-fig. 248 6" genitalia. 



Formosa. 



