Neptis lermanni

Neptis lermanni
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Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Neptis
Species:	N. lermanni
Binomial name
Neptis lermanni Aurivillius, 1896 [1]
Synonyms
Neptis lermanni ab. magnificaDufrane, 1933

Neptis lermanni is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ubangi, Mongala, Uele, Tshopo, Equateur, Cataractes, Sankuru and Tanganika) and the Republic of the Congo. ^[2]

Description

N. lermanni Auriv. (48 f). Is larger than [ the closely related Neptis nicodice ] - about 55 mm., and has an elongate discal spot at the costal margin of the forewing in cellule 9; longitudinal stripe on the cell of the forewing somewhat emarginate at its hindmargin and occasionally followed posteriorly by a small dull grey spot.Congo ^[3]

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Neptis melicerta Species group sensu Seitz

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 .