Biology:Neptis aurivillii

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Neptis aurivillii
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Neptis
Species:
N. aurivillii
Binomial name
Neptis aurivillii
Schultze, 1913[1]
Synonyms
  • Neptis incongrua var. aurivillii Schultze, 1913

Neptis aurivillii is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of montane and sub-montane forests.

The larvae feed on Macaranga species and Urera hypselodendron.

Subspecies

  • Neptis aurivillii aurivillii (south-eastern Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia)
  • Neptis aurivillii ufipa Kielland, 1990 (Tanzania: west to the Ufipa district)

References

  1. "Neptis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini

Wikidata ☰ Q6995407 entry