Neptis aurivillii

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Neptis aurivillii
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Neptis
Species:
N. aurivillii
Binomial name
Neptis aurivillii
Schultze, 1913 [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Neptis incongrua var. aurivilliiSchultze, 1913

Neptis aurivillii is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia. [3] The habitat consists of montane and sub-montane forests.

The larvae feed on Macaranga species and Urera hypselodendron .

It has been considered a subspecies of Neptis incongrua .Schultze described as a variety of incongura which it closely resembles.The Holotype is in the Natural History Museum, London.

Subspecies

References

  1. "Neptis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Schultze, 1913 Eine Ueber Neptis incongrua. Entomologische Rundschau.. 30 (21) : 123-124
  3. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini