Neptis nina
| Neptis nina | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Neptis |
| Species: | N. nina
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| Binomial name | |
| Neptis nina Staudinger, 1896[1]
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Neptis nina, the tiny sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Tanzania, south-eastern Kenya and north-eastern Zambia.[2]Images BOLD The habitat consists of forests.
Taxonomy
It is a member of the Neptis agatha species group and of the melicerta Species group The members of the melicerta group are
- Neptis melicerta
- Neptis agouale
- Neptis carcassoni
- Neptis goochii
- Neptis nicomedes
- Neptis quintilla
- Neptis nicobule
nina Stgr. seems to be the eastern race [ of Neptis puella] and only differs in having the transverse band of the forewing narrowed towards the costal margin and in the somewhat narrower median band of the hindwing.[then] German East Africa: Usagara.[4]
References
- ^ Neptis, Site of Markku Savela
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
- ^ Richardson, I.D. 2019. Revision of the genus Neptis (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) in the Afrotropical Region: Currently described taxa. Metamorphosis 30: 69‒221
- ^ 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.
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