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N. pryeri kusnetzovi Kurentzov stat, n. 

 Neptis kusnetzovi Kurentzov, 1949 : 362, text-fig. 2. Central Sikhote-Alin. 



Appears to be very similar to ssp. andetria, but the hind wing discal band is a 

 little wider and is bowed out above the cell. 

 None in BMNH. 



N. pryeri coreana Nakahara & Esaki 



Neptis pryeri coreana Nakahara & Esaki, 1929 : 3, figs. 1, 2 q\ Korea. 



Neptis pryeri coreana Nakahara & Esaki ; Seok, 1939 : 138. 



Neptis pryeri koraineptis Bryk, 1946 : 34, pi. 2, fig. 7 $. Korea, syn. n. 



Korea. 



N. pryeri pryeri Butler 



Neptis pryeri Butler, 1871 : 403. Shanghai, q" type BMNH. 

 Limenitis arboretum Oberthiir, 1876 : 24, pi. 3, fig. 3. China. $ type BMNH. 

 Neptis pryeri Butler (syn. arboretum Oberthiir) ; Stichel, 1909 : 175, pi. 53b. 

 Neptis pryeri pryeri Butler ; Fruhstorfer, 191 3 : 609. 



Oberthiir's type of arboretum bears a printed label reading ' Chine R. P. 

 Armand David ' on which the word ' Kiangsi ', possibly in Oberthiir's handwriting, 

 has been added. It agrees with examples from Eastern and S.E. China, and the 

 name cannot be applied to the subspecies occurring in Western China, as Fruhstorfer 

 supposed. 



Stichel's figure shows a clear white and rather narrow hind wing postdiscal band 

 and does not agree well with any pryeri subspecies ; the band should be wider, 

 slightly sullied and indistinctly outlined. 



Eastern and S.E. China, Japan. 



N. pryeri jucundita Fruhstorfer 



Neptis pryeri jucundita Fruhstorfer, 1908c : 141. Formosa. 



Neptis pryeri jucundita Fruhstorfer (syn. formosana Matsumura nom. nud.) ; Shirozu, i960 : 

 223, pi. 48, figs. 439-440 $, text-fig. 248 o* genitalia. 



Formosa. 



N. pryeri oberthueri ssp. n. 



(Text-fig. 92) 



Neptis pryeri arboretum Fruhstorfer (nee Oberthiir), 191 3 : 609. Western China. 

 Neptis lucilla-melanis Oberthiir, 1913 : 670, pi. 187, fig. 1822. Ta-Tsien-Lou. Aberration. 

 £ type BMNH. 



In both sexes nearest to ssp. pryeri, from which it differs, as pointed out by Fruhstorfer, in 

 having narrower markings, particularly on the upper surface of the hind wing where the post- 

 discal band, which in ssp. pryeri consists of prominent, well-separated inwardly rounded spots, 

 is reduced to a series of more or less sullied, rather linear dashes. On the under surface of the 

 hind wing the subbasal streak, which in ssp. pryeri is developed into a wide, almost clear white 

 area, is narrower and more sullied. 



