Neptis ilira

Neptis ilira is an Indomalayan butterfly of the family Nymphalidae first described by Napoleon Manuel Kheil in 1884.

Subspecies

N. i. ilira Nias pure white subapical spots on forewing; under surface darker, hindwing with violet subbasal band, forewing with similar streak in cell
N. i. palawanica Staudinger, 1889 Philippines (Palawan) f with larger, wedge-shaped, white subapical spots, 3 median spots on forewings and a white median band on hindwing, widening out costally, strongly tapering basally
N. i. cindia Eliot, 1969 northeast India to Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo, Pulau Tioman
N. i. ria Eliot, 1969Java

↑ Kheil, 1884 Zur Fauna des Indo-Malayischen Archipels. Die Rhoplalocera der Insel Nias [1-5], 6-38, 5 pls

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