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Ph. columella ophiana (Moore) 

 (Text-fig. 98) 



Neptis ophiana Moore, 1872 : 561. Sikkim. q" type BMNH. 

 Neptis (Phaedyma) columella ophiana Moore ; Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 615. 



Neptis columella ophiana Moore (syns. martabana Moore, alesia Fruhstorfer) ; Evans, 1932 : 164 

 parlim, pi. 22. 



Typically the fore wing streak beyond cell is larger and the hind wing discal and 

 postdiscal bands are a little wider than in the corresponding seasonal forms of ssp. 

 martabana (Moore), into which it merges southwards. 



N.E. India to North Burma. 



Ph. columella martabana (Moore) 



Neptis martabana Moore, 1881a : 310. q* Rangoon. Type BMNH. Wet season form. 

 Phaedyma columella alesia Fruhstorfer, 1905c : 90. Siam, S. Annam. <£ type Paris. Dry 



season form. 

 Neptis (Phaedyma) columella martabana (Moore) with fs. martabana Moore and alesia Fruhstorfer ; 



Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 615, pi. 125c labelled ' siamensis '. 



Burma, Siam, South Vietnam. 



Ph. columella nilgirica (Moore) 



Neptis nilgirica Moore, 1888 : 353. Nilgiri District. £ type BMNH. 

 Neptis (Phaedyma) columella nilgirica Moore ; Fruhstorfer, 19 13 : 615. 

 Neptis columella nilgirica Moore ; Evans, 1932 : 164. 



The subbasal streak on the under surface of the hind wing is generally wider 

 than in the preceding subspecies, but some examples are barely separable from 

 ssp. ophiana. 



South India. 



Ph. columella binghami Fruhstorfer 



Phaedyma columella binghami Fruhstorfer, 1905c : 90. Nicobar Is. 



Neptis columella kankena Evans, 1912 : 577. $ Nicobars. syn. n. Type BMNH. 



Neptis jumbah binghami (Fruhstorfer) Fruhstorfer, 191 3 : 609. 



Phaedyma columella kankena (Evans) Fruhstorfer, 1915 : 747. 



Neptis columella kankena Evans ; Evans, 1932 : 165. 



I have already referred, under N. jumbah, to the confusion between that species 

 and Ph. columella which beset Fruhstorfer. The former species does not occur in 

 the Nicobars. 



Nicobar Is. 



