Limenitidinae, Behr, 1864

Bland, Keith P., 2019, Name-bearing types of butterflies (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea), in the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, Zootaxa 4559 (1), pp. 57-89 : 76-77

Limenitidinae

Neptis ADARA Moore, 1878 [1879]

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London for 1878 (4), 821–859 [830]. Junior subjective synonym of Neptis hylas (Linnaeus, 1758) ssp. kamarupa Moore, 1874 (see Eliot, 1969).

Syntypes, 2 males, 2 females, pinned. Specimen data: Specimen a (male with antennae missing): “Tenasserim” [Handwritten]. “Clive-Bayley | 1913-72 ” [Printed] on verso “ Neptis adara | Moore” [Handwritten by Grimshaw]. “Clive-Bayley | 1936-50 53” on verso “ Neptis adara | Moore? CO-TYPE” [Handwritten (by Grimshaw) on mauve

paper]. Specimen b (male with left antenna missing): “Moulmein to Meetan” [Handwritten]. “Clive-Bayley | 1913- 72 ” [Printed] on verso “ Neptis adara | Moore” [Handwritten by Grimshaw]. “Clive-Bayley | 1936-50 52” on verso “ Neptis adara | Moore?CO-TYPE” [Handwritten (by Grimshaw) on mauve paper]. Specimen c (female with left wing broken and antennae missing): “Moulmein to Meetan”on verso “ ♀ ” [Handwritten]. “ Neptis adara | Moore ♀ ” [Handwritten]. “Clive-Bayley | 1913-72 ” [Printed] on verso “ Neptis adara | Moore” [Handwritten by Grimshaw]. Specimen d (female with tip of right wing and antennae missing): Labels as for Specimen c but species name label absent. Remarks: This material is obviously part of the type series from the Upper Tenasserim Expedition of 1876- 1877.