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Good evening Dr. Seow Sir...
Please help in the identification of these three Neptis sp.
1. This one from Tripura.
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2. This one from Mizoram. Is it Neptis soma?
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3. This one also from Mizoram. Is it ilira? ilira was previously recorded from Mizoram.
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Thank you in advance...
1. https://www.butterflycircle.com/atta...0&d=1743436848
Female Athyma zeroca.
At first there seem no possible match for this under Limenitidini.
However, once the fuzzy suffusion is disregarded, it closely match the female A. zeroca.
The cellend spot & the cell bar are connected in a distinct socket joint.
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/lim1/720610010.html
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/lim1/720610030.html
2. https://www.butterflycircle.com/atta...1&d=1743436899
Neptis soma.
a. Markings are large, the FW postdiscal spots wide.
b. The submarginal spots are distinctly bent in at the FW apex.
c. The HW white discal band gradually widens upwards.
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/lim1/720180010.html
The rest all have smaller more rounded FW postdiscal spots except for N. capnodes.
This has somewhat wide spots but HW discal band is barely wider upwards, & Fw submarginal spots at apex only lightly bent in.
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/lim1/720170010.html
3. https://www.butterflycircle.com/atta...2&d=1743437062
Neptis pseudovikasi.
Three species in India can be rather confusing.
Neptis pseudovikasi.
This was initially considered a ssp of N. vikasi (TL Java) before being raised to full species.
Old specimens from India in museums are often left as N. vikasi.
Fw postdiscal spot 2 contiguous or just a small gap to spot in space 1b.
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/932849046
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/932847477
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/925596336
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/925596255
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/lim1/720250001.html
Neptis iliria
FW with postdiscal spot 2 well separated from the spot in space 1b by a distinct gap.
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847204654
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847204645
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847204654
https://wingscales.com/Nymphalidae/Neptis-ilira-cindia
Neptis harita.
FW postdiscal spot 2 triangular, HW submarginal marks forming a chain-link like band.
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2847206184
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/4096433223
https://wingscales.com/Nymphalidae/Neptis-harita-harita
https://yutaka.it-n.jp/lim1/720230001.html
TL Seow:Cheers.