Neptis ochracea

Neptis ochracea
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Neptis
Species:	N. ochracea
Binomial name
Neptis ochracea Neave, 1904 [1]
Synonyms
Neptis mildbraediGaede, 1915 Neptis ochreataGaede, 1915 Neptis ochracea parvimaculaRothschild, 1918 Neptis ochracea reductaKielland, 1978 Neptis ochracea usungwaKielland, 1985

Neptis ochracea, the yellow mountain sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania. ^[2] The habitat consists of montane forests.

The larvae feed on Rubus species.

Subspecies

• Neptis ochracea ochracea (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ituri, western and central Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
• Neptis ochracea lualabaeBerger, 1981 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lualaba)
• Neptis ochracea mildbraediGaede, 1915 (Nigeria, Cameroon)
• Neptis ochracea ochreataGaede, 1915 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kivu, western Uganda)
• Neptis ochracea reductataLarsen, 1995 (western Tanzania)
• Neptis ochracea uluguruKielland, 1985 (eastern Tanzania)

References

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