♂ (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, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam to Myanmr, Yunnan, N.Thailand (Nan), Laos, N. & C.Vietnam, Guangxi, Hainan, Zhejian, Fujian. ● ssp.burmana ● ssp.cartica ● ssp.??? ● ssp.teshirogii

Neptis carticoides Moore, 1881; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 29(3): 309–310; TL: "Darjiling" [Darjeeling, W.Bengal, 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 county, Yunnan prov., China" [Xishuangbanna, Menghai, Yunnan]. (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) (partim)
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') (partim)
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 et al.,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) (partim)

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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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The butterfly is locally common in 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.,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. Pardubice, Tshikolovets Publications.

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