multiple names, choose the "GPIO" number. This was tested using Arduino 1.6.8 and the esp8266 core 2.2.0 // GPIO 2 is D4 on the esp-12e board.

Run in the Arduino IDE the HelloWorld example with an ili9488 in SPI. In fact, you don't need an ili display to try this, because it fails at compile time. The possible wiring errors, are irrelevant ...