Neptis anjana

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Neptis anjana
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Neptis
Species:
N. anjana
Binomial name
Neptis anjana
Moore, 1881
Synonyms
  • Neptis hyriaFruhstorfer, 1913
  • Neptis viduaStaudinger, 1889

Neptis anjana, the rich sailer, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in Asia.It is deep brown with dark steel-blue bands of a purplish lustre. [1]

Subspecies

References

  1. Hans Fruhstorfer in Seitz, A. 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. The Macrolepidoptera of the World9: 1–766;pdf 767–1201,pdf pls 1–175.pdf PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .