Neptis seeldrayersi

Neptis seeldrayersi
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Neptis
Species:	N. seeldrayersi
Binomial name
Neptis seeldrayersi Aurivillius, 1895 [1]
Synonyms
Neptis barnsiEltringham, 1921

Neptis seeldrayersi, or Seeldrayer's sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya and possibly Ivory Coast. ^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Description

N. seeldrayersi Auriv. (48 d). The cell of the forewing above unicolorous or only with 2 or 3 minute white dots; the marginal lines are continuous, not interrupted in cellule 3 of the forewing; discal spots 4—6 on the forewing are long and narrow, distally somewhat diverging, and project further basally than spots 2 and 3; spots 3 and 4 are narrowly separated by the ground-colour; the median band of the hindwing is narrow, its proximal edge straight, its distal incised at the veins; the second marginal line on both wings beneath much thickened. The first marginal line of the forewing strongly incurved in 1 b, but not nearly reaching the middle of vein 2. Wing-expanse about 60 mm. Congo. It is very similar to Neptis nysiades . ^[3]

Taxonomy

It is a member of the rogersi sub-group of the nysiades group The members of the rogersi subgroup are

• Neptis rogersi
• Neptis collinsi
• Neptis seeldrayersi
• Neptis alta

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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. Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
4. Richardson, I.D. 2019. Revision of the genus Neptis (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) in the Afrotropical Region: Currently described taxa. Metamorphosis 30: 69‒221