Neptis puella | |
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Female, figure 12 | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Neptis |
Species: | N. puella |
Binomial name | |
Neptis puella Aurivillius, 1894 [1] | |
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Neptis puella, the little sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania and north-western Zambia. [2] The habitat consists of Cryptosepalum woodland.
N. puella Auriv. has an expanse of 34—37 mm. and only differs from nysiades in discal spots 2—8 on the forewing forming a completely continuous transverse band with the proximal boundary nearly straight and the distal arcuate; the first marginal line of the forewing is deeply bent proximad in 1 b, but not sharply angled; the median band of the hindwing moderately broad, narrowed towards the inner margin. Cameroons and Congo. — nina Stgr. seems to be the eastern race. [3] Images BOLD