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Ph. columella eumenaia (Fruhstorfer) comb. n. 



Phaedyma soror Semper, 1889 : 143 partim, $ nee <$, pi. 28, fig. 7 $. Mindoro. 

 Neptis {Phaedyma) columella eumenaia Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 616. Mindoro. The type appears 

 to be the female figured by Semper. 



Mindoro. 



Ph. columella soror Semper 



Phaedyma soyoy Semper, 1889 : 143, pi. 28, fig. 6 $ Camotes, fig. 7 $ Mindoro. Mindoro, 



Camotes. 

 Neptis (Phaedyma) columella soror (Semper) Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 616. Restricted to Camotes. 



None in BMNH. From Leyte in coll. Jumalon. 



Ph. columella angara Semper 



Phaedyma angara Semper, 1889 : 144, pi. 28, figs. 8 J, 9, 10 $. Camiguin de Mindanao and 



S.E. Mindanao. 

 Neptis (Phaedyma) columella angara (Semper) Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 616. 



Semper's figures are of examples from the small island of Camiguin de Mindanao 

 (lying off the north coast of Mindanao) and this should be regarded as the type 

 locality. Examples from Mindanao generally have wider markings and belong to 

 the next subspecies. 



None in BMNH. 



Ph. columella mesogaia (Fruhstorfer) comb. n. 

 Neptis (Phaedyma) columella mesogaia Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 616. Mindanao. 



Of this subspecies its author says (in translation) : ' the white transverse bands 

 are still narrower than in angara and, in addition, rather yellowish '. This des- 

 cription would not apply to any of the examples in BMNH from Mindanao which, 

 with one exception, are intermediate between ssp. angara and ssp. soror, though 

 closer to the latter. The exception is an example which has the white markings 

 almost as wide as ssp. eremita and is presumably similar to the examples from 

 Mindanao which Semper (1889 : 143) recorded as Phaedyma eremita. Evidently 

 the population of Mindanao is a mixed one, and the same may be the case in many 

 of the other islands. I regard as typical of the Mindanao population examples 

 which lie between soror and angara. The specimen from which Fruhstorfer described 

 mesogaia appears to be an aberration or may represent an invading strain from 

 Camiguin de Mindanao or some other neighbouring small island. The fact that 

 Fruhstorfer's name does not refer to the usual form does not invalidate its use to 

 designate the mixed population of Mindanao. 



Mindanao. 



