Neptis rogersi

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Neptis rogersi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Neptis
Species:
N. rogersi
Binomial name
Neptis rogersi
Eltringham, 1921 [1]

Neptis rogersi is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. Images BOLD

It is found along the coasts of Kenya and Tanzania. [2] The habitat consists of coastal forests.

The larvae feed on Paullinia pinnata and Alchornea cordifolia .

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Neptis agatha species group and also the nominotypical member of the rogersi sub-group of the nysiades group The members of the rogersi subgroup 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