Neptis occidentalis

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Neptis occidentalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Neptis
Species:
N. occidentalis
Binomial name
Neptis occidentalis
Rothschild, 1918 [1]
Synonyms
  • Neptis incongrus occidentalisRothschild, 1918
  • Neptis incongrus batesiiHall, 1930

Neptis occidentalis, the mountain sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. [2] The habitat consists of montane and riparian forests.

Subspecies

References

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