Biology:Neptidopsis fulgurata
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Barred false sailer | |
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| Neptidopsis fulgurata fulgurata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Neptidopsis |
| Species: | N. fulgurata
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| Binomial name | |
| Neptidopsis fulgurata (Boisduval, 1833)[1]
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Neptidopsis fulgurata, the barred false sailer or Malagasy sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar .[2] The habitat consists of coastal forests and coastal forest-savanna mosaic.
Adults are attracted to fermented bananas and have been recorded feeding from the tips of tall grass. They are on wing from April to September.
Subspecies
- Neptidopsis fulgurata fulgurata — Madagascar
- Neptidopsis fulgurata platyptera Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 — Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Neptidopsis fulgurata. |
- ↑ Neptidopsis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Biblidini". http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_biblidini.doc.
Wikidata ☰ Q3338292 entry
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