Biology:Neptis alta
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Neptis alta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Neptis |
| Species: | N. alta
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| Binomial name | |
| Neptis alta Overlaet, 1955[1]
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Neptis alta, the old sailer or high sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and northern Botswana.[2] The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland.
Adult males mud-puddle in the dry season. Adults are on wing from August to October and again from April to May.
References
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- ↑ Neptis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
Wikidata ☰ Q13573881 entry
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