page_title: Neptis soma
section_title: Dry-season form
hierarchical_section_title: Neptis soma / Description / Dry-season form
caption_attribution_description: English: Sullied Sailor Neptis soma at Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India.
context_page_description: Neptis soma, the sullied sailer, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in south and southeast Asia.
context_section_description: Males and females, upperside ground colour a more dusky fuliginous; the markings broader and slightly whiter, not sullied white. Underside: ground colour a shade brighter.
  Race kallaura, Moore. Of this form I have seen only a few specimens. Judging by the types, which are now in the collection of the British Museum, it differs less from the typical form than do any of the other races. As in N. soma, the markings are small and narrow; the subbasal band of the hindwing is, however, attenuated at each end, and not of even width, underside: ground colour very much paler and somewhat ochraceous, the anterior and posterior sets of spots of the discal series closer together respectively; the postdiscal band on the hindwing equal in width to the subbasal band. Recorded only so far from Travancore.
  Race hampsoni, Moore. Very closely allied to the typical form, but the markings pure white and broader in both seasonal forms, as in the race clinia. Upperside forewing: the spots of the discal series oval, outwardly rounded. Underside: ground colour dark ferruginous, the markings broad as on the upperside; the spots of the discal series, though closer to each other than in the typical form, still not connate, or forming an upper and lower band as in the race clinia. Recorded from the Nilgiris; Anaimalai Hills and Mysore.
caption: Dry-season form at Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve
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