Neptis camarensis

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Neptis camarensis
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Original descriptionĒ
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Neptis
Species:
N. camarensis
Binomial name
Neptis camarensis
Schultze, 1920 [1] [2]

Neptis camarensis, or Schultze's sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria (the Cross River loop), Cameroon and the western and central part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [3] The habitat consists of primary forests.It may be conspecific with Neptis biafra . [4] Nothing is known of its life history.

Taxonomy

It is a member of the clarei sub-group of the nysiades group. The members of the clarei sub-group are

[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Neptis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Schultze, A, 1920 Lepidoptera. 11. Teil. Ergebnisse. der Zweiten Deutschen Zentral Afrika Expedition. 2910-11. Vol. 1, Part 14, pp. 639–837
  3. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
  4. ↑ Larsen, T.B. 2005. Butterflies of West Africa. 2 vols, Apollo Books, Svendborg, Denmark: 1–595, 1–270.
  5. ↑ Richardson, I.D. 2019. Revision of the genus Neptis (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) in the Afrotropical Region: Currently described taxa. Metamorphosis 30: 69‒221


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