Neptis conspicua

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Neptis conspicua
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Neptis
Species:
N. conspicua
Binomial name
Neptis conspicua
Neave, 1904 [1]

Neptis conspicua, or Neave's sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania, Zambia and possibly Sierra Leone, Togo and Nigeria. [2] The habitat consists of forests.

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References

  1. "Neptis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini