Neptis ilira

Neptis ilira
	Neptis ilira in Seitz (a)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Neptis
Species:	N. ilira
Binomial name
	Neptis ilira; Kheil, 1884

Last updated August 24, 2025

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. palawanicaStaudinger, 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. cindiaEliot, 1969 northeast India to Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo, Pulau Tioman
N. i. riaEliot, 1969Java

References

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

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

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Neptis ilira

Neptis ilira in Seitz (a)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Neptis
Species:	N. ilira
Binomial name
*Neptis ilira* Kheil, 1884^[1]