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Phaedyma daria C. & R. Felder 



Ph. daria daria C. & R. Felder 



Phaedyma daria C. & R. Felder, 1867 : 428, pi. 56, figs. 5, 6 $. $ Celebes (Lorquin). Type 



BMNH. 

 Neptis {Phaedyma) daria daria (Felder) Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 616. 



North Celebes. 



Ph. daria albescens (Rothschild) 



Neptis albescens Rothschild, 1892 : 438, pi. 7, fig. 3 q\ South Celebes. £ type BMNH. 

 Neptis albescens var. variabilis Rothschild, 1892 : 438, pi. 7, figs. 1 <£, 2$. South Celebes. 



o* type BMNH. 

 Neptis (Phaedyma) daria albescens Rothschild (syn. variabilis Rothschild) ; Fruhstorfer, 



1913 : 616. 



South and Central Celebes. 



Ph. daria hiereia (Fruhstorfer) comb. n. 

 Neptis (Phaedyma) daria hiereia Fruhstorfer, 191 3 : 617. East Celebes. 

 None in BMNH. 



Ph. daria ositna (Fruhstorfer) comb. n. 

 Neptis (Phaedyma) daria osima Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 617. Sula Is. 

 SULA Is. 



Phaedyma mimetica (Grose Smith) 

 (Text-fig. 100) 



Neptis mimetica Grose Smith, 1895 : 78. o"? Timor. Types BMNH. 



Neptis mimetica Grose Smith ; Grose Smith, 1899 : 6, pi. Neptis, 2, figs. 3, 4 $. 



Neptis (Phaedyma) mimetica Grose Smith ; Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 617. 



Replaces Ph. columella in Timor, but its specific status cannot be doubted. 

 Timor. 



The Phaedyma amphion complex 



There are good grounds for regarding the five species which I include in this 

 complex as comprising but a single species, since there is no evidence that any of its 

 constituent forms overlap, except in the case of the taxa keyensis Klunder van 

 Gijen and nectens de Niceville, both from the Key Is. But in this case I do not 

 accept the overlap without further evidence, as I feel tolerably certain that keyensis 

 came not from Key but from some outlying island of the South Moluccas, such as 

 the Watoe Bella Is. Had it really come from Key it is strange that it has never 

 been found before or since, as this small group of islands has been extensively worked 

 by a number of collectors, including Kiihn who lived there for at least 9 years (de 

 Niceville & Kiihn, 1898 : 254). 



