Neptis nicobule

Neptis nicobule
Male, figure 7
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Neptis
Species:	N. nicobule
Binomial name
Neptis nicobule Holland, 1892 [1]

Neptis nicobule, the scarce clubbed sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Uele and Lualaba), Uganda, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania. ^[2] The habitat consists of wet forests.

Description

The discal spot 4 on the forewing is very small, triangular and stands quite free near to the first marginal line; the longitudinal streak in the cell obtusely rounded at the end; the marginal lines of the forewing indistinct or absent in the anterior part of cellule 3; discal spots 5 and 6 on the forewing small and rounded, not larger than spots 2 and 3; expanse 43—45 mm. Ogowe and Ubangi. ^[3] Images BOLD

Biology

The larvae feed on Cnestis ferruginea , Tetrapleura and Swartzia species.

Taxonomy

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

It is a member of the Neptis agatha species group and of the melicerta Species group The members of the melicerta group are

• Neptis melicerta
• Neptis agouale
• Neptis carcassoni
• Neptis goochii
• Neptis nicomedes
• Neptis quintilla
• Neptis nicobule
• Neptis nina

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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
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