Biology:Neptis mixophyes

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Neptis mixophyes
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Male, figure 8
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Neptis
Species:
N. mixophyes
Binomial name
Neptis mixophyes
Holland, 1892[1]
Synonyms
  • Neptis nicodice Grünberg, 1910

Neptis mixophyes, or Holland's clubbed sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of wetter forests.

The larvae feed on Dalhousiea africana and Petersianthus species.

References

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

Wikidata ☰ Q6995504 entry