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Phaedyma shepherdi (Moore) 

 Ph. shepherdi donata Fruhstorfer 



Phaedyma shepherdi donata Fruhstorfer, 1904 : 313, pi. 9, fig. 3 $. <$$ Waigiu. Types Paris. 

 Neptis (Phaedyma) shepherdi donata (Fruhstorfer) Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 618. 



Waigiu. 



Ph. shepherdi datnia Fruhstorfer 



Phaedyma shepherdi damia Fruhstorfer, 1905c : 100. German New Guinea. $ type BMNH. 



Phaedyma shepherdi mastusia Fruhstorfer, 1908a : 385. $ Dorey, Dutch New Guinea, syn. n. 



Neptis (Phaedyma) shepherdi damia (Fruhstorfer) Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 618, pi. I25g <J$. 



Neptis (Phaedyma) shepherdi mastusia (Fruhstorfer) Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 618. 



Phaedyma shepherdi alias Fruhstorfer, 1915 : 747. Yule Is. syn. n. 



Neptis shepherdi mitcia Hulstaert, 1924 : 79. $ Merauke, Dutch New Guinea, syn. n. 



The white to greenish white markings average a shade narrower than in ssp. 

 donata, but the subspecies is doubtfully valid. 



New Guinea (large series from all parts, including Yule Is.), D'Entrecasteaux 

 Is., Trobriand Is., Woodlark Is. 



Ph. shepherdi astraea (Butler) 



Athyma astraea Butler, 1866 : 99. Aru Is. 



Neptis astraea (Butler) Grose Smith, 1900 : 15, pi. Neptis 5, figs. 5, 6 $. 



Neptis (Phaedyma) shepherdi astraea (Butler); Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 618. 



Aru Is. 



Ph. shepherdi rothschildi nom. n. 



Neptis shepherdi reducta Rothschild, 1915b : 207. o? Dampier Is. $ type BMNH. [Praeocc. 

 by Neptis mahendra reducta Fruhstorfer, 1908a.] 



Dampier Is. A single female from Rook Is. is intermediate between this sub- 

 species and ssp. damia. 



Ph. shepherdi latifasciata (Butler) 



Neptis latifasciata Butler, 1875 : 4. Queensland. $ type BMNH. 

 Phaedyma shepherdi latifasciata (Butler) Waterhouse, 1932 : 82. 



Northern Queensland. Waterhouse gives its range as Cape York to Cairns. 



Ph. shepherdi shepherdi (Moore) 



Neptis shepherdi Moore, 1858 : 8, pi. 50, fig. 1. New South Wales. <$ type BMNH labelled 



' Moreton Bay ' (Southern Queensland). 

 Neptis (Phaedyma) shepherdi shepherdi Moore Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 618. 

 Phaedyma shepherdi shepherdi (Moore) Waterhouse, 1932 : 82, pi. 12, fig. 4. 



Southern Queensland. Waterhouse gives its range as Manning River to 

 Mackay. 



