Neptis constantiae

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Neptis constantiae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Neptis
Species:
N. constantiae
Binomial name
Neptis constantiae
Carcasson, 1961 [1] [2]

Neptis constantiae, or Constance's sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. [3] The habitat consists of forests.

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Taxonomy

It is a member of the Neptis agatha species group but also considered a member of the constantiae. group the other member being Neptis katama'. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Carcasson, R. H. 1961 New and Little-known African Lepidoptera Occasional Papers, Coryndon Memorial Museum, Nairobi (7) : 3-23, 5pls
  2. ↑ "Neptis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
  4. ↑ 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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