Neptis quintilla

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Neptis quintilla
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Neptis
Species:
N. quintilla
Binomial name
Neptis quintilla
Mabille, 1890 [1]

Neptis quintilla, the angled petty sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and western Kenya. [2] Images BOLD The habitat consists of open areas in wet forests with a canopy cover.

The larvae feed on Acacia species.

Taxonomy

It is a member of the melicerta Species group The members of the melicerta group are

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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. Richardson, I.D. 2019. Revision of the genus Neptis (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) in the Afrotropical Region: Currently described taxa. Metamorphosis 30: 69‒221