Neptis strigata

Neptis strigata
Figure 3 male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Neptis
Species:	N. strigata
Binomial name
Neptis strigata Aurivillius, 1894 [1]
Synonyms
Neptis biafra var. strigataAurivillius, 1894

Neptis strigata, the strigate sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania. ^[2] The habitat consists of dense forests.

The larvae feed on Clerodendrum capitatum .

Subspecies

• Neptis strigata strigata (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Neptis strigata kakamegaCollins & Larsen, 1996 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kivu, Uganda, Rwanda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Neptis agatha species group' N. strigata Auriv. (48 e) only differs from nicomedes in its larger size, 45—47 mm., and in having the discal band of the forewing broadly interrupted at vein 4. Discal spots 2 and 3 on the forewing are more or less rounded and separate. Cameroons to Uganda. ^[3] Images BOLD

References

1. "Neptis Fabricius, 1807" Archived 2017-03-12 at the Wayback Machine at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-05. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
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 .