Neptis mixophyes

Neptis mixophyes
Male, figure 8
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Neptis
Species:	N. mixophyes
Binomial name
Neptis mixophyes Holland, 1892 [1]
Synonyms
Neptis nicodiceGrünberg, 1910

Neptis mixophyes, or Holland's clubbed sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ^[2] The habitat consists of wetter forests.

Description

N. nicodice Grunb. only differs from Neptis nicobule in having the marginal lines continuous and only interrupted by the veins and discal spots 5 and 6 on the forewing elongate and not oval. The longitudinal stripe in the cell of the forewing is wedge-shaped and the discal band of the hindwing 4.5 mm. in breadth.Hindwing above only with 3 marginal lines. Expanse 48 mm. Spanish Guinea ^[3]

The larvae feed on Dalhousiea africana and Petersianthus species.

Taxonomy

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

It is a member nicoteles sub-group Of the Neptis nysiades group (Species complex) sensu Richardson ^[4] The members of the subgroup are

• Neptis nicoteles
• Neptis vindo
• Neptis mixophyes

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 .
4. Richardson, I.D. 2019. Revision of the genus Neptis (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) in the Afrotropical Region: Currently described taxa. Metamorphosis 30: 69‒221