Neptis nebrodes
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Neptis |
| Species: | N. nebrodes
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| Binomial name | |
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Neptis nebrodes, the broken-club sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Mayumbe) and possibly Guinea.[2]
Description
The longitudinal streak in the cell of the forewing narrow, pointed at the end, and before the end deeply incised on the anterior side; discal spot 4 on the foreAving small and triangular, placed free; discal spots 5 and 6 elongate and separated; median band of the hindwing anteriorly somewhat narrowed; marginal lines dull and indistinct; expanse about 54 mm. Togoland to Angola; rare[3]Images BOLD
Biology
The habitat consists of forests.
Adult males mud-puddle.
Taxonomy
It is a member of the Neptis melicerta Species group sensu Seitz
References
- ^ Neptis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
- ^ Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.