263. Neptis clinia susruta (The Clear Sailor)

Number: 263

Family: Nymphaliidae
Sub-Family: Limenitidiinae

Species: Neptis clinia susruta Moore, 1872

Common name(s): The Clear Sailor

Photography location: Ba Vi (Hanoi)

According to Monastyrskii & Devyatkin (2016), 31 species - and 40 taxa - of Neptis have been recorded in Vietnam. This genus features many lookalikes species which are difficult to identify with a high level of confidence from just field shots.

Neptis species recorded in Vietnam (classified according to upperwings color pattern): 

-Ground color black/dull brown & white markings: clinia*, sappho*, hylas*, yerburii*, soma*, nata*, leucoporos*, sankara*, cartica*, maghada*, nashona*, philyra*, philyroides*, dejeani*, genulfa 

-Ground color black/dull brown & yellow/orange markings: miah*, zaida*, ananta*, namba*, armandia*, antilope*, radha*, narayana subsp. dubernardi*, manasa (subsp. narcissina* + mientrunga),  nemorum*, transita, cydippe*, themis* 

-Ground color smoky chocolate brown: harita*, ilira, pseudovikasi* 

(* recorded in northern Vietnam)

Neptis clinia susruta, from Ba Vi (January 2016)
Note the little white spot at the base of HW space 3 (lower margin of the white discal band) & the elongated triangular end-spot

Another specimen from Ba Vi (February 2016)

 Voucher specimen, upperside (Ba Vi, February 2017)

Same specimen, underside