| Neptis quintilla | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Neptis |
| Species: | N. quintilla |
| Binomial name | |
| Neptis quintilla | |
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.
It is a member of the melicerta Species group The members of the melicerta group are