Neptis agouale | |
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Kibale National Park, Uganda | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Neptis |
Species: | N. agouale |
Binomial name | |
Neptis agouale Pierre-Baltus, 1978 [1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Neptis agouale, the common club-dot sailer , is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia. [2] The habitat consists of forest.
The larvae feed on Acacia (including Acacia pennata ) and Ventilago species, as well as Pterocarpus santalinoides , Baphia pubescens , Grewia carpinifolia and Sterculia tragacantha .
It is a member of the melicerta Species group The members of the melicerta group are