Biology:Neptis camarensis
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Short description: Species of butterfly
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Neptis |
| Species: | N. camarensis
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Neptis camarensis, or Schultze's sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria (the Cross River loop), Cameroon and the western and central part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[3] The habitat consists of primary forests.It may be conspecific with Neptis biafra.[4] Nothing is known of its life history.
Taxonomy
It is a member of the clarei sub-group of the nysiades group. The members of the clarei sub-group are
- Neptis camarensis
- Neptis nigra
- Neptis stellata
- Neptis viridis
- Neptis clarei
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- ↑ "Neptis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Schultze, A, 1920 Lepidoptera. 11. Teil. Ergebnisse. der Zweiten Deutschen Zentral Afrika Expedition. 2910-11. Vol. 1, Part 14, pp. 639–837
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
- ↑ Larsen, T.B. 2005. Butterflies of West Africa. 2 vols, Apollo Books, Svendborg, Denmark: 1–595, 1–270.
- ↑ Richardson, I.D. 2019. Revision of the genus Neptis (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) in the Afrotropical Region: Currently described taxa. Metamorphosis 30: 69‒221
Wikidata ☰ Q6995414 entry
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