Neptis metella

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Neptis metella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Neptis
Species:
N. metella
Binomial name
Neptis metella
(Doubleday, 1848) [1]
Synonyms
  • Limenitis metellaDoubleday, 1848
  • Neptis gratillaMabille, 1880
  • Neptis metella ab. brunniSchultze, 1916
  • Neptis metella f. vinalliEltringham, 1929

Neptis metella, the yellow-base sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, from Nigeria to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Uganda, Sudan, Kenya and Tanzania. [2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Acalypha neptunica pubescens .

Subspecies

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References

  1. "Neptis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini