Neptis rivularis

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Neptis rivularis
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Neptis rivularis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Neptis
Species:
N. rivularis
Binomial name
Neptis rivularis
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Neptis rivularis, the Hungarian glider, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. [1]

It lives in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, central Asia and the Far East as far as Japan. The breadth of its wings is 25–27 mm. It prefers forest habitats, and its caterpillars feed on Spiraea .

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References

  1. "Neptis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms