Jordan's sailer | |
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Figure 1 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Neptis |
Species: | N. jordani |
Binomial name | |
Neptis jordani Neave, 1910 | |
Neptis jordani, or Jordan's sailer, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa. The habitat consists of areas near rivers and grassy marshes. [1]
The wingspan is 38–42 mm in males and 44–45 mm in females. Adults are probably on the wing year round. [2]
The larvae feed on Polygonum strigonum .
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