Neptis ida

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| image = Neptis ida.JPG

| image_caption = At Mt. Mahawu, North Sulawesi

| taxon = Neptis ida

| authority = Moore, 1858{{cite web|title=Neptis ida|url=http://eol.org/pages/167091/overview|publisher=Encyclopedia of Life|accessdate=24 September 2012}}[http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/limenitidinae/neptis/ "Neptis Fabricius, 1807"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

| synonyms = *Neptis hylas ida f. sphaerica Fruhstorfer, 1907

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Neptis ida, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.

Subspecies

  • Neptis ida ida (southern Sulawesi) f rather large size, underneath with chiefly white and narrower brown bands.
  • Neptis ida carbonespersa Martin, 1924 (northern and central Sulawesi)
  • Neptis ida celebensis Hopffer, 1874 (North-eastern Sulawesi: Minahasa) large, with rounded wings, beneath with broader and more red-brown bands
  • Neptis ida kalidupa Eliot, 1969 (Tukangbesi Islands)
  • Neptis ida liliputa Martin, 1924 (Butung, Muna, Kabaena)
  • Neptis ida saleyra Fruhstorfer, 1908 (Selajar)
  • Neptis ida sphaericus Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Sulawesi) much smaller and with elongate wings, the white markings dusted with dull grey scales; beneath the bands are pale ochreous

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