Neptis exaleuca

Neptis exaleuca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Neptis
Species:	N. exaleuca
Binomial name
Neptis exaleuca Karsch, 1894 [1]
Synonyms
Neptis exaleuca f. integraEltringham, 1922

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Neptis exaleuca is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Cameroon to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Uganda and Tanzania. ^[2]

Description

Discal spots of the forewing and discal band of the hindwing white; Wings above dark brown, beneath glossy bronze-brown; fringes with white spots on the folds. Expanse 52 mm. Cameroons and Congo ^[3]

Subspecies

• Neptis exaleuca exaleuca (Cameroon to western Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Neptis exaleuca suffusaRothschild, 1918 (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania)

References

1. "Neptis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
3. Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .