Neptis nina

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Neptis nina
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Neptis
Species:
N. nina
Binomial name
Neptis nina
Staudinger, 1896 [1]

Neptis nina, the tiny sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Tanzania, south-eastern Kenya and north-eastern Zambia. [2] Images BOLD The habitat consists of forests.

Taxonomy

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

[3]


nina Stgr. seems to be the eastern race [ of Neptis puella ] and only differs in having the transverse band of the forewing narrowed towards the costal margin and in the somewhat narrower median band of the hindwing.[then] German East Africa: Usagara. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Neptis, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
  3. ↑ Richardson, I.D. 2019. Revision of the genus Neptis (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) in the Afrotropical Region: Currently described taxa. Metamorphosis 30: 69‒221
  4. ↑ 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.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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