♂ (wsf), Vinh Phuc, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)		♀ (wsf), Vinh Phuc, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)
♂ (wsf), Vinh Phuc, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)		♂, Vientiane, Laos.
♂, Vientiane, Laos. (photo by K.Saito)		♂, Houaphan, Laos. (photo by K.Saito)
♂ (wsf), Nan, Thailand.		♀, Nan, Thailand.

ON : Neptis cartica Moore, 1872 OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1872(2):562-563. TL : Nepal. (NHML) Distribution : Nepal, Bhutan, N.India (Sikkim) to Myanmr, N.Thailand (Nan), Laos, N. & C.Vietnam, Hainan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Zhejian, Fujian. ● ssp.burmana ● ssp.cartica ● ssp.??? ● ssp.teshirogii

Neptis carticoides Moore, 1881 : Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 29(3):309-310. TL. Darjiling, [N.India]. (NHML)
Neptis sinocartica Chou & Wang, 1994 : in Chou, Monograph. Rhop. Sin. 2:540, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),765. TL. Longsheng, Guangxi. (NAUS)
Neptis cartica pagoda Yoshino, 1997 : Neo Lepidoptera 1(2):3-4, figs.20♂,21♂(Un). TL. Xishuanbanna, "Monghai" [Menghai] county, Yunnan, China. (in coll. K.Yoshino)

sinocartica ;
Holotype ♂, 23.May.1992. Longsheng, Guangxi ; Allotype ♀, 22.May.1992. Longsheng, Guangxi.
pagoda ;
Holotype ♂, Aug.1993. Xishuanbanna, "Monghai" [Menghai] county, alt. 1200m, Yunnan, China. (in coll. K.Yoshino)
Paratypes : 1♂, same as holotype ; 1♂, Aug.1993. Xishuanbanna, "Monghai" [Menghai] county, alt. 1800m, Yunnan, China. (in coll. K.Yoshino)

[ THAILAND ]
Neptis nashona aagaardi ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : pl.170, figs.N81,♂[♀],♂[♀](Un). (Doi Phu Kha) (in part)
Neptis cartica cartica ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 404, pl.175, figs.N255a♂(Un,Laos),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Phu Kha)
Neptis nashona aagaardi ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 406. ('Doi Phu Kha') (in part)
Neptis cartica cartica ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 80. (by literature)

[ LAOS ]
Neptis cartica cartica ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 57, pl.58, figs.3,♂,4,♂(Un). (Phatong)
Neptis cartica cartica ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 206, pl.55, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Vieng Xai; Oudomxay)
Neptis cartica cartica ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 45.
Neptis cartica cartica ; Onodera,2022 : 35, pl.111, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Xiengkhouang: Muang Kham; Luang Phabang: Somboun)

[ VIETNAM ]
Neptis cartica cartica ; Eliot,1969 : 93. (Tonkin)
Neptis cartica cartica ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 37. (N)
Neptis cartica cartica ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(2):74-75. (N: by literature / C: Vu Quang)
Neptis nashona aagaardi ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(2):76-77, pl.49, figs.2a♂,2b♂(Un). (N: Tam Dao; Hoang Lien) (in part)

[ THAILAND ]
Nan : 1♂ 2♀.

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Xieng Khouang : 1♀ (photo by H.Onodera).

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Oudomxai : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).

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Bolikhamxai : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).

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Vientiane : 2♂ 1♀.

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Houaphan : 1♂.

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Phong Saly : 1♂.

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Ha Giang : 1♂.

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The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 1000 - 1600m).
The populations from Nan, N.Thailand to Laos and Vietnam have smaller and rounder white markings on the UpF, even in the dry season form. I tentatively treat these as the nominotypical subspecies. Further taxonomic study is needed.
The specimens shown as Neptis nashona aagaardii in Ek-Amnuay (2007: partly) and Monastyrskii (2019) are this taxon.

Moore, F.,1872 : Descriptions of New Indian Lepidoptera.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1872(2):555-583, pls.32-34.

Moore, F.,1881 : Descriptions of new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera.
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 29(3):305-313.

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

Chou, I. (ed.),1994 : Monographia Rhopalocerorum Sinensium.
2 vols., 854 pp. Henan Scientific and Technological Publishing House.

Yoshino, K.,1997 : New Butterflies from China 2.
Neo Lepidoptera 1(2):1-8.66 figs.

Lang, S.Y.,2009 : A Study on the systematics of Nymphalidae (excepting Satyrinae) from China (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)
Beijing, P.R.China.

Lang, S.Y.,2012 : The Nymphalidae of China (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Part 1
Libytheinae, Danainae, Calinaginae, Morphinae, Heliconiinae, Nymphalinae, Charaxinae, Apaturinae, Cyrestinae, Biblidinae, Limenitinae
456 pp, 32 col. + 41 black&white pls. Tshikolovets Publications, Pardubice.

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