♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand.		♀, Chanthaburi, Thailand.
♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand.		♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand.
♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand.		♂, Vientiane, Laos. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Neptis ilira cindia Eliot, 1969 OD : Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) Suppl. 15: 85, pl.1, fig.8, textfig.19. TL : Kina Balu, N.Borneo. (NHML) Distribution : NE.India to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, W.Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra.

Holotype ♂, Dec.1898-Feb.1899. Kina Balu, N.Borneo. J.Waterstradt (NHML)
Allotype ♀, 05.Aug.1903. Kina Balu, N.Borneo. J.Waterstradt (NHML)

[ THAILAND ]
Neptis ilira cindia ; Eliot,1969 : 83. (E & S.E.)
Neptis ilira cindia ; Pinratana,1979 : 48, figs.N80,♂,♂(Un). ('Kanchanaburi')
Neptis ilira cindia ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 50, pl.29, figs.73,♂,♂(Un). (Chanthaburi)
Neptis ilira cindia ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 390, pl.169, figs.N76,♂,♂(Un). ('Than To')
Neptis ilira cindia ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 402, pl.174, figs.N251,♂,♂(Un). ('Than To')
Neptis ilira cindia ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Sa Kaeo; Nakhon Nayok) (accessed: 2023.06.13)
Neptis ilira cindia ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 79, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Kao Soi Dao)

[ LAOS ]
Neptis harita (ssp.sakala ?) ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 58, pl.59, figs.3,♂,4,♂(Un). (in part)
Neptis ilira cindia ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 206, pl.54, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Vang Vien)
Neptis ilira cindia ; Onodera,2009b : 43. (Bolikhamxai: Phon Si)
Neptis ilira cindia ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 45.
Neptis ilira cindia ; Onodera,2022 : 35, pl.110, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Vientiane: Vang Vieng)

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Neptis ilira cindia ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 117, fig.2G. (Koh Kong)

[ VIETNAM ]
Neptis ilira cindia ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006b : 20, figs.N-41,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dai Duc Me)
Neptis ilira cindia ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 37. (C)
Neptis ilira cindia ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(2):69-70, pl.43, figs.2a♂,2b♂(Un),2c♀. (C: Pu Mat; Bach Ma / S: Nam Cat Tien)

[ THAILAND ]
Phetchabun : 1♂ (photo).

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Vientiane : 2♂ (incl. photo by H.Onodera).

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The butterfly is not rare but rather localized in montane primary forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 250 - 600m) and is often found on forest paths or forest edges.
Ek-Amnuay ([2007],2012) recorded it from 'Than To, Yala', however, no one has ever seen a specimen from peninsular Thailand until now. And Pinratana (1979) recorded it from 'Kanchanaburi', but it is also dubious. I consider these are likely to be incorrect data. Further distributional research is needed.

Eliot, J.N.,1969 : An Analysis of the Eurasian and Australian Neptini (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).
Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) Supple. 15. London.

♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand.	♀, Sa Kaeo, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul)
♂, Phetchabun, Thailand.

2006.02.20 - 2023.06.30.