Neptis nemetes

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Neptis nemetes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Neptis
Species:
N. nemetes
Binomial name
Neptis nemetes
Hewitson, 1868 [1]

Neptis nemetes, commonly known as the Nemetes sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in western, central and eastern Africa. [2] The habitat consists of lowland forests and riverine thicket.

The larvae feed on Asteraceae species, Alchornea cordifolia and Macaranga and Alchornea species.

Subspecies

References

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