Name-bearing types of butterflies (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea), in the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh
Author
Bland, Keith P.
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-02-19
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journal article
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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
.