Neptis nysiades

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Neptis nysiades
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Figure 4 (male) and 5 (female)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Neptis
Species:
N. nysiades
Binomial name
Neptis nysiades
Hewitson, 1868 [1]

Neptis nysiades, the variable sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola and Zambia. [2] The habitat consists of forests, including riparian forests.

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Description

N. nysiades Hew. (48 e) agrees almost entirely in the markings with Neptis seeldrayersi , but is smaller, with an expanse of 44—48 mm., and can be most certainly distinguished by the first marginal line on the upperside of the forewing forming in cellule 1 b an acute angle proximad, which reaches the middle of vein 2; discal spots 3 and 4 on the forewing are more or less broadly separated. [then] Old Calabar to Angola. [3]

The larvae feed on Paullinia pinnata .

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Neptis agatha species group

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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.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .