''Neptis ilira'' is an

Indomalayan The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Indi ...

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

of the family

Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...

first described by

Napoleon Manuel Kheil Napoleon Manuel Kheil (19 October 1849, Prague, Bohemia – 1 November 1923 Prague, Czechoslovakia) was a Czech zoologist and entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera and Orthoptera. He was the owner of a private business school and Professor ...

in 1884.

Subspecies

*''N. i. ilira'' Nias *''N. i. palawanica'' Staudinger, 1889 Philippines (Palawan) *''N. i. cindia'' Eliot, 1969 northeast India to Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo, Pulau Tioman *''N. i. ria'' Eliot, 1969Java

References

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Butterflies described in 1884 {{Limenitidinae-stub