Neptis katama

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Neptis katama
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Neptis
Species:
N. katama
Binomial name
Neptis katama
Collins & Larsen, 1991 [1]

Neptis katama is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya (the Aberdare Range and Nyambeni Hills). [2]

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Neptis agatha species group but also considered a member of the constantiae group. [3] Images BOLD

References

  1. "Neptis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
  3. Richardson, I.D. 2019. Revision of the genus Neptis (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) in the Afrotropical Region: Currently described taxa. Metamorphosis 30: 69‒221