Neptis kikideli

Neptis kikideli
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Neptis
Species:	N. kikideli
Binomial name
Neptis kikideli Boisduval, 1833 [1]

Neptis kikideli is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar. ^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The underside of the hindwing has 2 or 3 continuous white transverse bands at the base and the cell has white dots or is only striped with white at the anterior margin. Discal spots 1 b and 2 broadly joined together, forming a broad white half-band between the hindmargin and vein 4; discal spot 4 is absent or quite small; the median band of the hindwing is 8—10 mm. in breadth. Madagascar ^[3]

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 .