Neptis ida
At Mt. Mahawu, North Sulawesi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Neptis
Species:	N. ida
Binomial name
Neptis ida Moore, 1858 [1] [2]
Synonyms
Neptis hylas ida f. sphaericaFruhstorfer, 1907

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 carbonespersaMartin, 1924 (northern and central Sulawesi)
• Neptis ida celebensisHopffer, 1874 (North-eastern Sulawesi: Minahasa) large, with rounded wings, beneath with broader and more red-brown bands
• Neptis ida kalidupaEliot, 1969 (Tukangbesi Islands)
• Neptis ida liliputaMartin, 1924 (Butung, Muna, Kabaena)
• Neptis ida saleyraFruhstorfer, 1908 (Selajar)
• Neptis ida sphaericusFruhstorfer, 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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