Biology:Neptis morosa

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Neptis morosa
Neptis morosa HotMarina 2012-01-15 ups.jpg
Neptis morosa HotMarina 2012-01-15 uns.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Neptis
Species:
N. morosa
Binomial name
Neptis morosa
Overlaet, 1955[1]

Neptis morosa, the savanna sailer or morose sailer, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Burundi, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of moist areas and forest margins.

Adult males imbibe dew from the stems of tall grasses.

References

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

Wikidata ☰ Q13573809 entry